The 43-year-old ran 7:03:40 to break the previous record, which has stood since 1993, by 23 minutes.
In her debut at the daunting 100K distance last weekend at the Anglo Celtic Plate 100K race in Northern Ireland, Sarah Webster set a new British record of 7:03:40, taking a whopping 23 minutes off the former record set by ultramarathoner Carolyn Hunter-Rowe in 1993, according toNot only did the 43-year-old athlete smash the British record, but she clocked the fifth best time in the world—ever—in the 62.13-mile distance.
Webster, who runs for Northern Isle of Man Athletics Club—and lives and trains on the island in the Irish Sea, between England and Ireland—in the mass race at the 2021 London Marathon, with a 2:41:24 finish that secured her qualifying standard for the following year’s Commonwealth Games. She’s from a family of runners and has been at it since she was eight years old, but gave up the sport during her college years and didn’t pick it back up until her daughter was born, “with encouragement from my husband who really didn’t know what he was getting himself in for,” sheWebster has the running world’s attention. As Welsh distance runnerRunner's worldAbby Carney is a writer and journalist in New York.
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