She Ran 104 Marathons in 104 Straight Days on a Running Prosthesis
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Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, runs on a carbon-fiber prosthesis after losing her left leg below the knee to a rare cancer, completing daily marathon loops near her Gilbert, Arizona home or on an indoor treadmill.
Starting January 17, 2022, she reached 102 marathons in 102 days by April 28, surpassing Kate Jayden's then-record of 101 marathons in 101 days (set earlier that same April) and Alyssa Amos Clark's previous mark of 95 marathons. She kept going, telling the Associated Press, "I might as well end April with a marathon," and finished her streak at 104 marathons in 104 days on Saturday, April 30, 2022 — 2,724.8 total miles at 26.2 miles each.
The effort raised more than $67,000 for fellow amputee runners. "I'm just happy that I made it. I can't believe it," she said, noting Guinness World Records would need 12-15 weeks to officially confirm the mark. The men's equivalent consecutive-marathon record stood at 59, set by Italy's Enzo Caporaso in 2019.
Key takeaways
- ›Ran the marathon distance (26.2 miles) every single day for 104 consecutive days, mostly on a loop course near her home in Gilbert, Arizona
- ›Extended her original 100-day goal to 102, then 104 days, after another runner broke the record she was originally chasing partway through her own attempt
- ›Set an unofficial women's world record for consecutive daily marathons, pending Guinness World Records review
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