By Mary Ward

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Jones has run the 11-and-a-half laps around Centennial Park needed to hit a 42.2-kilometre distance every day since August 25, with a brief relocation to the Bay Run during that other marathon last month. The feat is to raise money for Black Dog Institute’s Future Proofing Study, a longitudinal research project on adolescent mental health.

Incredibly, Jones’ greatest obstacle has not been his physical fitness, but his leave balance.

“I work full-time. I’m not an athlete or anything like that. I took the first two weeks as annual leave, but I’ve been back ever since,” he said.

“In a way, I want to show that someone with a full-time job can do something like this.”