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Steggall ends budget week with Olympian Blue Mountains effort
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Zali Steggall is no slouch. The independent MP for Warringah and slayer of former prime minister
Tony Abbott took on the daunting UTA100 ultra-marathon trail race through the Blue Mountains over the weekend.
The 100-kilometre track through the mountain range had a combined elevation gain of 4460 metres through the Golden Stairs, Leura Forest and Wentworth Falls.
Zali Steggall and Andrew Leigh.
Credit:John Shakespeare
Steggall started the event at 6.30am on Saturday and finished at 3.24am on Sunday, completing the last 40 kilometres in the dark, including the infamous Furber Steps, a 15-kilometre stretch involving 956 steps. It was mission accomplished in 20 hours and three minutes.