American amputee ultramarathon runner,
Jacky Hunt-Broersma, has entered the Guinness World Record as the first woman to run 104 marathons in 104 days.
The 48-year-old South African born was awarded the certificate for her feat on Thursday, November 8, 2023, by the Guinness World Record, and she took to her Instagram page to celebrate it with a statement alongside the picture above that shows her holding the certificate with utmost pride.
“You are capable of so much more than you think you are. 104 marathons in a 104-day official Guinness certificate,” wrote the indefatigable runner.
Hunt-Broersma recently took to the social media platform to mark her 21 years of being an amputee, stating, “21 years of being an amputee, and I’ve never let it stop me from chasing my dreams.”
Jacky Hunt-Broersma lost her leg to Ewing sarcoma in 2001, when she was 26 years old.
She started running in 2016 and quickly progressed from running 5 km races to running ultramarathons.
In 2019, she became the first amputee to compete in the TransRockies Mountain Stage Race in Colorado.
In 2020, she became the first amputee to run 100 miles on a treadmill, running it in 23 hours and 38 minutes.
While she originally planned to do it with an in-person race at the Umstead 100, she did so virtually due to the COVID-19 cancellations.
Hunt-Broersma hoped to run one hundred marathons in one hundred days, which would have been the world record for consecutive marathons by a woman, but British runner Kate Jayden completed her 101st marathon during Hunt-Broersma’s quest, so Hunt-Broersma increased her goal to one hundred and two consecutive marathons.
Hunt-Broersma ended up running 104 marathons in 104 days, finishing this in April 2022. These 104 marathons included the inaugural para-athletics division of the 2022 Boston Marathon, which she finished in 5:05:13.
