Originally featured in Outer Edge magazine. In a way, the ultra-distance trail runner is a mongrel breed of athlete. A Frankenstein’s monster combination of runner, trekker, wilderness lover and cardiovascular freak all stitched into one unearthly continent-striding phenomenon. Mike Le Roux’s story begins with multi-sport legend Brad ‘The Croc’ Bevan’s nickname. Locals began calling Brad after Australia’s favourite man-eating reptile because of his apparent fondness for regularly training in the crocodile-infested Johnstone River, just beyond the southern border of Cairns …