Two weeks after ending 18th on the New York Metropolis Marathon in 2:31:54, U.S. Olympian Jenny Simpson tackled one of the vital gruelling challenges: the Nice World Race, which entails operating seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
The embellished middle-distance runner was a late addition to the occasion that supplied a becoming finish to her storied profession. Over her profession on the observe, Simpson gained 4 medals at main championships, together with an Olympic bronze within the 1,500m at Rio 2016 and a gold medal on the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
The Nice World Race kicked off on Nov. 14 at Wolf’s Fang, Antarctica and concluded on Nov. 20 in Miami. Simpson accomplished the problem with the next instances:
- Antarctica: 3:31
- South Africa: 3:15
- Australia: 3:12
- Turkey: 3:11
- Istanbul (overlap leg): 3:15
- Colombia: 3:16
- Miami: 5:15
Simpson completed fourth within the ladies’s competitors. The week-long-race was gained by Ashley Paulson, a two-time Badwater 135 champion, whereas the boys’s race went to David Kilgore after Eire’s William Maunsell withdrew on the fifth day–4 days after he set a continental marathon file on Antarctica.
Reflecting on her last-minute choice to hitch, Simpson stated the invitation was an irresistible alternative to problem herself one final time. Initially, it was introduced the New York Metropolis Marathon can be her remaining race, however the probability to “run all over the world” was an excessive amount of to cross up for Simpson.
“I’ve by no means in my life been so comfortable to see a end line,” Simpson wrote on Instagram. “Seven marathons in seven days, plus all over the world in a single week! My physique is surprisingly resilient and I’m so glad I did it.”
Participation within the jet-setting occasion doesn’t come low-cost—the USD $52,000 entry price covers constitution flights, in-flight meals and emergency evacuation protection for the Antarctica leg. Regardless of the price and the gruelling schedule, the occasion is a bucket-list problem for a lot of hardcore marathoners.
