Today I across this runner & her event while reading random news feeds on facebook and it is Jaw-dropping to say the least (my jaws dropped anyways).
The Great Indian Quadrilateral Run is a run planned over 6010 km of highway passing through 57 major cities in India, touching Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta, Chennai and Bengaluru among the others. More on the route can be found here. Michelle Kakade is running this distance in an attempt to enter the Guinness World Record for "Fastest time to travel the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot (female)". The run has been broken down into 171 stages and the plan is to cover all 171 stages in a matter of 187 days by running an average of 35 km a day with just 16 days of rest inbetween. Phew.
Michelle's run was flagged off on October 21st at the Gateway of India in Mumbai and has been going strong ever since. I have been reading her blog updates on finishing each stage and I have a feeling that its going to take on a sort of serial addiction.
In every city, she's had other runners keeping her company for the whole or part of the way - just to be part of the event - and its being called "Run with Michelle". I wonder if I'll join in by the time she reaches Chennai. It will probably be 4-5 months from now so I'm not sure myself.
But all in all, Kudos to this woman. She started her running at 35 - she only took part in sports in school because it was compulsory - I can relate - and is going incredibly strong at 47. She holds three Limca National records - all for endurance running and has a string of other achievements at various endurance running events all over the world. So much admiration!
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