{"id":18501,"date":"2024-06-07T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=18501"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:13:30","slug":"runner-finishes-36-marathons-in-36-days-despite-tragic-prognosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/06\/runner-finishes-36-marathons-in-36-days-despite-tragic-prognosis.html","title":{"rendered":"Runner Finishes 36 Marathons in 36 Days Despite Tragic Prognosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A runner recently finished 36 marathons in 36 days despite being told she wouldn\u2019t live past 16 years old. 32-year-old fitness coach Sophie Holmes set a record when she finished the Edinburgh Marathon. Holmes, who has cystic fibroids, has now raised \u00a325,000 from the challenge, which started with the London Marathon. She\u2019s the first person with the disease to do 36 marathons in 36 days. Cystic fibrosis causes mucus in the lungs, and at four months old, doctors said Holmes, from Southend, Essex, wouldn\u2019t live past 16 years old.<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cMy determination to survive and thrive and to defy the odds has been born probably from as young as I can remember. When I turned 19, I was unfortunately told I only had two years to live. But the naive 19-year-old me wasn\u2019t going to let that happen. So, I started chasing after these big goals. When I then started to get better, they were like, maybe you won\u2019t make 30. So when I turned 30, I decided I wanted to celebrate by running 30 marathons in 30 days. But at the time, we were in lockdown, so it wasn\u2019t something that was possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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