A South African runner with one leg, Jacky Hunt-Broersma has set new world record as she ran 104 marathons including the Boston marathon in 104 consecutive days.
In 2020, the amputee ultra runner had the determination of running marathons especially on a prosthetic leg as she saw the world race breaker, Alyassa Amos Clark who ran 95 marathons.
Jacky who resides in Arizona with her husband and children, lost her left leg to Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects tissue around the bones, which happened in 2001.
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As part of her challenge, she gathered over N79,551,360 ($192,000) for Amputee Blade Runners, to help people access expensive prosthetics, but her primary ambition was simply a personal challenge, and to put in some ‘base miles’ for a 240-mile ultra run in Utah around October.
In her interview with BBC, she said, “”I’m an all or nothing person, so I just threw myself in. “I love pushing boundaries and seeing how far I can push. Running has made such a difference on my mental state and it showed me how strong my body can be. It gave me a total new acceptance of who I am and that I can do hard things”. See the post below:
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Reacting to the post, many netizens were inspired by the runner’s story as they took to comment section. Some reactions are shown below:
sweta.shandilya said, “Incredible achievement 👏”.
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tillisona said, “What an absolute legend!! Amazing achievements. Inspiring!! ❤️”.
unakeyven said, “🤓Now I really wants a very harder✨”
antonietavasiliou said, “😇First-rate”.
helendouglas8392 said, “Inspirational 👏👏”
usher3121 said, “There are some amazing and inspirational people in this world, that’s wonderful. xxxx❤️”.
hesam.mirzaei.t said, “Good for you. Strong will 👏🔥”.
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