102 marathons inside 102 days: Amputee's unofficial world record

102 marathons inside 102 days: Amputee's unofficial world record

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — As Forrest Gump inside the Oscar-winning 1994 film of the same name, lead performer Tom Hanks abruptly trots to a halt following additional than trio years of nonstop running with every one other accompanied by tells his followers: "I'm attractive tired — I believe I'll go place of residence now."

Jacky Hunt-Broersma tin relate. On Thursday, the amputee sportswoman achieved her goal of running 102 marathons inside while numerous days, setting an unofficial women's world record.

And she can't stop/won't stop, saying she'll sprint set of two additional for good measure with every one other accompanied by wrap up her be brave enough on Saturday accompanied by 104. "I strength while well extremity April accompanied by a marathon," she told The Associated Press.

Britain-based Guinness World Records did not straight away respond to an email requesting comment. It tin lay clasp of up to a year for the organization to ratify a world record.

Guinness lists the men's record for consecutive done every one day marathons while 59, place inside 2019 by Enzo Caporaso of Italy.

"I'm fair contented that I made it — I can't exist convinced by it," she said. "The finest thing was the incredible support I've received from people around the world who've reached out, telling me how this has inspired them to push themselves."

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Hunt-Broersma, 46, began her quest on Jan. 17, covering the classic 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon distance on a loop way laid not here near her place of residence inside Gilbert, Arizona, or on a treadmill indoors. Since then, it's been "rinse with every one other accompanied by repeat" every one day for the South Africa native, who lost her left-hand lower limb beneath the knee to a infrequent cancer with every one other accompanied by runs on a carbon-fiber prosthesis.

Her first goal was to sprint 100 marathons inside 100 days so she'd hit the record of 95 place inside 2020 by Alyssa Amos Clark, a nondisabled runner from Bennington, Vermont, who took it on while a pandemic coping strategy. But earlier this month, following nondisabled British runner Kate Jayden unofficially broke Clark's record accompanied by 101 marathons inside 101 days, Hunt-Broersma realized she'd need to sprint at least 102.

On foot, day inside with every one other accompanied by day out, she's covered 2,672 miles (4,300 kilometers) — the equivalent of running from her Phoenix suburb to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, or from New York City to Mexico City.

Along the way, Hunt-Broersma gained a enormous communal media following with every one other accompanied by raised almost $27,000 to assist fellow amputee blade runners obtain the costly prostheses they need. Health indemnity typically doesn't cover the cost, which tin exceed $10,000.

Hunt-Broersma, who ran her 92nd at this month's Boston Marathon, hopes her quest will stimulate people everywhere to push themselves to do firm things.

What's following for the endurance athlete? A 240-mile (386-kilometer) ultra contest to exist staged over mountainous terrain inside October inside Moab, Utah.

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Kole reported from Boston.

102 marathons inside 102 days: Amputee's unofficial world record