Bradley Dryburgh thought his life was over before it had truly begun. The 27-year-old, from Wollongong, has been living with cystic fibrosis all his life — having been diagnosed with the lung-damaging genetic illness at just three weeks old. But in his late teens, his health took a terrifying turn. “The first 18 years of my life were absolutely incredible,” Bradley tells 7Life. “I was very healthy despite a diagnosis of liver disease at the age of nine and diabetes at 13 — both related to my CF.
” Bradley completed the marathon in four hours and 18 minutes, with 12 mates and “a large group of family, friends and community members who made helped make the day what it was”. He says the event, which is no longer held, went on to be a three-part endeavour over a two-year period. And it raised more than $120,000 for research, development and advocacy of life-saving drugs for CF patients. “I’ve now run four marathons and a 50km ultramarathon,” he says.
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