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Amputated due to cancer, she fell in love with the ultramarathon and is now challenged to run 100 full horses for 100 consecutive days

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Jacky Hunt-Broersma is a 46-year-old middle-aged woman from the United States who lost one leg at the age of 26 due to an amputation from cancer (Juve's sarcoma). She started running in 2016 and in just 5 years, she went from a novice who could only run 5 kilometers to a professional runner who could run an ultramarathon.

Amputated due to cancer, she fell in love with the ultramarathon and is now challenged to run 100 full horses for 100 consecutive days

In 2020, Jacky broke the world record for the project by running 100 miles (about 160 kilometers) in 23 hours and 38 minutes on a treadmill, when she broadcast the process live on the Internet, and many netizens witnessed her moment of creating miracles.

Amputated due to cancer, she fell in love with the ultramarathon and is now challenged to run 100 full horses for 100 consecutive days

On January 16, 2022, Jacky posted on her own social media that she would challenge a full marathon every day for 100 days totaling 2,620 miles (about 4,216 kilometers). As of January 20, she has completed 3 full marathons, and she will share her run publicly on social media every day. Many netizens expressed great surprise at her challenge, and almost everyone encouraged and praised her courage and actions, hoping that she could complete this goal and create miracles together!

Amputated due to cancer, she fell in love with the ultramarathon and is now challenged to run 100 full horses for 100 consecutive days

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