Two runners from Aberdeen, Scotland, have unofficially damaged the Guinness World Document for essentially the most consecutive marathons with 106. Fay Cunningham and Emma Petrie started the problem on February 19 and accomplished their closing marathon, 106 days in a while Saturday, June 4.
The duo ran a complete of 106 marathons, which equates to 2,777 miles (4,469 km), equal to operating from their residence in Scotland to Istanbul, Turkey. All through their journey, the duo raised $40,000 for MND & Macmillian charity for dementia.
Cunningham and Perie had been hoping to lift $150,000 in reminiscence of Cunningham’s late father, Alan, who died of dementia. “We each know that life is brief and the flexibility to run or stroll doesn’t stick with you eternally,” Cunningham says. “My father was match and lively and he impressed us to sort out this problem.”
Over the 106 days, Petrie and Cunningham wore out seven pairs of trainers and consumed over 4,000 energy day by day. Their one centesimal consecutive marathon was celebrated on the Edinburgh Marathon on Could 29, the place each completed just below 5 hours. The couple awaits official verification from Guinness, however they’re assured they’ve met the file standards for consecutive day by day marathons.
American Alyssa Clark at present holds the official girls’s file, finishing 95 consecutive marathons in 2020. However in April, British runner Kate Jayden claimed the unofficial file of 101 marathons in 101 days, solely to be damaged by South African runner Jacky Hunt-Broersma, who misplaced a leg to most cancers in 2001, ran 104 marathons in 104 days.
In an interview with the Motor Neurone Illness Affiliation (MNDA), Cunningham stated she didn’t know if Jayden’s or Boersma’s data could be verified as a result of a number of the marathons they ran had been on treadmills. “We imagine the file solely stands in case you run all of the marathons outside,” she says. “Besides, we ensured we’d set a brand new file by including six marathons to get to 106 out of doors marathons in 106 days.”
Cunningham, 35, and Petrie, 26, are each private trainers who’re in love with health and the outside and one another. Moreover private coaching, the duo additionally has a YouTube channel the place they try challenges set by skilled athletes.
Each runners hoped this achievement can encourage others to get on the market and do one thing they’ve all the time wished to do.