This Guinness World Record is horrible! She ran more than a dozen marathons in a row in the face of the new crown virus

This is probably the scariest Guinness World Record you've ever seen!

A few days ago, American runner Clark received her certification from Guinness World Records – she became the woman who ran the world's longest consecutive marathon! She ran 95 consecutive races in 95 days, which was unbelievable.

Regrettably, this marathon trip should have been longer. But what makes people afraid is that fortunately, this feat did not lead to a catastrophe.

Last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy was locked down, and Clark, who was living in Italy at the time, decided to finish her training on a treadmill, and she planned to run a marathon every day until the end of the lockdown – at the time, she believed that the lockdown would be up to 2 weeks. As a result, she ran for 95 days.

On March 31, 2020, Clarke started her first full marathon, which she completed on the treadmill, and in the days that followed, she became more and more addicted to running, and when she learned that the women's Guinness World Record was 60 marathons in 60 days, she had completed 25 consecutive marathons. So she decided to break the record, with the goal of completing 75 marathons in 75 days and completing them on June 13. It wasn't until May last year that Italy officially lifted the lockdown, when she finally moved her run from the treadmill to the outdoors, while Clark and her husband began a trip back home from Italy to Florida, and even though there was a break in the transit in Germany, she still insisted on running her marathon quota for the day.

In June, when the media interviewed Karak, who had already run 64 marathons, she admitted: "It was really fun at the beginning, but now it's getting less and less fun".

Still, she ran every day for the next 31 days. Clark's finish time is basically less than 4 hours, and she will run faster when she feels good, and slow down when the weather is bad. In the end, she decided to set her goal of completing 100 full marathons in 100 days.

But beginning in mid-June, Clark developed dizziness, accompanied by loss of appetite and intermittent fever. On July 5, over the course of the 96th challenge, she developed chest pain, a worsening cough, and looking back on her recent state, Clark didn't feel very well, and all the symptoms seemed to coincide with the "covid-19 symptoms". When she ran 12 kilometers, she called her husband, and the two drove to a local hospital, where the doctor concluded that she was infected with the upper respiratory tract virus, but at that time, the hospital did not test her for covid-19. She decided to pause the challenge and updated her personal social media with this passage:

"2489 miles, 95 marathons in 95 days, spanning 3 states and 3 countries. Having run in the nearly 38-degree heat, running in the wee hours of the morning, running alone on the treadmill, and running with my best friend, I will always remember this journey. However, now is the time to stop. The past few marathons have been very difficult, and I don't know why. We are constantly experiencing COVID-19 symptoms around us, and I have to make this decision for myself and the health of the people around me, and it is far more important to stop than to force myself to complete 5 more. I am thankful for every part of this journey and I will be self-isolating for some time to come to ensure my safety and that of all of us. Thank you again to everyone who believes in me, I wouldn't have done this without you guys. I will take one step at a time and continue to move forward with the love of everyone. ”

Clark and her husband then managed to complete a COVID-19 test at an emergency care center, but did not receive any results after 8 days of testing. According to media reports, after 2 weeks, she finally got the new crown test results, and she and her husband were indeed positive two weeks ago. Extrapolating from the time the symptoms appeared, Clark ran at least a dozen marathons in the case of the new crown virus... It's a dead redemption!

On November 13, 2021, more than a year after she completed her last consecutive full marathon, Clarke's world record was recognized by Guinness, and her name officially entered the annals of history. It's a shame, because if it weren't for the COVID-19 pandemic, the amazing record of running 100 or more marathons in a row might have been born, and at the same time, she was lucky enough to run consecutive marathons in the face of COVID-19 and still be safe and sound, which is incredible.

Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Yao Qinyi

Source: Author: Yao Qinyi