At every aid station all the runners had their noses checked to make sure they weren’t getting frost bite. "Antarctica is beautiful but incredibly brutal. None of her training had prepared her for this. The ice and snow made her slide with every footstep. "It was the terrain and the physical running that were the main problem. She expected the cold to be the biggest challenge but the clothing she wore overcame this. Richard told YorkshireLive: "As the race started, so did the wind whipping the snow up to a full whiteout. Richard said Chris struggled to eat breakfast the morning after the marathon because her lips were so cracked and swollen from the icy winds. Her and Richard flew out to Punta Arenas in Chile before the race to prepare and pick up equipment, including boots that could withstand up to -50 degrees. She has now run 117 marathons, and with the Antarctic feat, run them on seven continents - all before she turns 70.Ĭhris during the marathon (Image: Antarctic Ice Marathon 2022/Chris Hobson) 57 people from 20 countries completed the race in total.Ĭhris retired from her job as a head teacher at 60, and decided to use her free time to run marathons. Go girls, you CAN do it!!”Ĭhris and her husband Richard are planning to get the paperwork in order to officially claim the record after Christmas. I hope my achievement will inspire other older women to dream big and achieve what they might have previously thought impossible.
Read more: Woman, 22, among death notices and funeral announcements from the Huddersfield Examiner this weekĬhris told YorkshireLive : "When I retired and started my fitness transformation, I never dreamt it would result in me becoming a world record holder. Out of all the women who competed, she came 11th.
It means she should have broken the Guinness World Record for the oldest woman to ever complete the race near the South Pole.Ĭhris, from Clayton West, finished the marathon in eight hours, 33 minutes and 11 seconds. A Kirklees grandma is thought to have become the oldest woman to complete a gruelling glacial marathon as she crossed the finish line earlier this week.Ĭhris Hobson, 69, completed the Antarctic Ice Marathon at Union Glacier on Wednesday, December 14.
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