"I like to finish what I start doing. I like to see it through to the end, to the best of my ability."
Cliff Young
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Cliff Young was an Australian potato farmer and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria, best known for his unexpected win of the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1983 at 61 years of age. In 1983, the 61-year-old potato farmer won the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon, a distance of 875 kilometres (544 mi). The race was run between what were then Australia's two largest shopping centres: Westfield Parramatta, in Sydney, and Westfield Doncaster, in Melbourne. He ra