Starting from Jaisalmer in the harsh Thar desert, running across the foothills of the Himalayas, on dust, gravel, unsealed roads, highways, fields, hills and more, 32 year old Samantha Gash finisher her epic Run India in Shillong, early in November.
Battling dehydration, stomach illness, monsoonal weather, poor air quality and injury, she had only one goal to keep her going - raising awareness and funds for World Vision Australia projects tackling barriers to quality education; a cause extremely close to her heart.
She has raised well over $150,000 which will fund six separate educational projects across India.
Below is an interview with Samantha Gash, after her return to Australia from a trip of a lifetime. Speaking to SBS Punjabi's Manpreet K Singh, she said "it was definitely worth it".
Samantha says"India is in my blood now" and that she'll gladly go back. Next time it will be just to visit though, not to run thousands of kilometres!
Samantha says she has many enduring memories of hope, inspiration and despair from this epic run, and most of all, speaking about the cacophony of "crazy horns" on Indian roads.
"The soundrack of horns will never leave my eardrums," she says.
Listen to the full interview with Samantha (in English) by SBS Punjabi:View some of the stuning images of Samantha's journey that iwere captured along the way.
