Each day, every day through January, Noah Solomon-Wortley is running something most people would rightly count as a major achievement on its own.
It's a daily challenge he's fronting up to and taking one day at a time, just like many, even including himself, face through testing periods of mental health, he said.
The 20-year-old Gomeroi man is running 31 kilometres a day over 31 days around his home in Newcastle to raise money for Beyond Blue.
He's averaging a little shy of three hours on the road each day.
It's not the first time he's put one foot in front of the other for a cause important to him.
Last year, Solomon-Wortley ran from his hometown Tamworth to the beach-side city on Awabakal Country to raise funds for breast cancer patients, barely a year on from seriously getting into the sport.
At the time, he told National Indigenous Times, he was already looking towards taking on something bigger.
The new year is an apt opportunity - with the resolutions, personal promises and difficult times which can come with it.
"I wanted something that people could see (and say) 'This guy's doing this every single day. I can do what I've set out to do this year'," he said.
"Let's say it's something pretty simple - like to not drink for the whole month, or going to the gym. I wanted to put it out there.
"The other massive thing for me was changing mental health. Starting a new year, a lot of people go through it early on - because it's the first year without someone or other things like that."
The task he's taken on has come with some of its own mental health hurdles, Solomon-Wortley said.
"If there was a single message he hopes people take away from his efforts, it's "Show up every day. No matter how tough it is. Just show up", he said.
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After October's long-distance efforts, a month off was required to recover from some injuries picked up soon after.
Back at it by mid-November, there wasn't a lot of time for specific training ahead of January's challenge, but strength recovery training had put him in a decent position, Solomon-Wortley explained.
At the moment, his knees and hip flexors are holding up better than anticipated, but his toes are already showing signs of wear.
For now, the daily loads are manageable before heading back to work for 12-hour days on Monday the 12th.
From then Solomon-Wortley expects to average around five hours of sleep each night, extra stresses on the body increasing injury risk and less flexibility around being able to refuell nuttritionally as needed.
The added social side will be a welcome change, he added, to what's been a pretty mentally draining task to this point.
Still, he'll carry on. On January 31st he's planning to more than double his regular distance to make it 1000 kilometres run for the month.
By then, he hopes some others might have joined for a piece of the journey.
