Mr Evans set off from Melbourne on Wednesday on a 250km journey to raise money for the Snowdome Foundation, which helps accelerate new therapies and bring treatment to Australian blood cancer patients, and he crossed the line with more than $110,000 raised for the charity.
The Echuca resident said it was an extraordinary moment when he reached the finish line.
“It was incredible, it was a ‘pinch me’ moment,” Mr Evans said.
“It was all a bit overwhelming running into town. It was surreal and really, really emotional coming in.”
There were people on the streets cheering Mr Evans on as he chalked up the last kilometres, with a police car and fire truck escorting him to the finish line.
Mr Evans battled wind and rain during his four-day journey, which he said was tougher than he had imagined.
“It was a lot harder than I thought. It was the hardest conditions I have run in,” he said.
Mr Evans thanked everyone who supported him on the journey, especially his girlfriend Amy Farr-Jones, grandfather Brian Gretton-Watson and those in his support team.
“My grandfather, the team skipper as we dubbed him, he was phenomenal,” Mr Evans said.
“We had a bunch of people join throughout the run, it was just amazing. That was a big pick-me-up as well.”
The Snowdome Foundation has a special connection with Mr Evans and his family.
His mother Sally sadly passed away in 2016 having lived with myeloma, an incurable type of blood cancer, for 19 years.
Mr Evans was joined on his run by his sister Georgie, brother Hugh and father Richard.
To donate, visit https://fundraising.snowdome.org.au/my-fundraising/22/the-positive-journey
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