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PRE HEL(L)

This June, I did this crazy thing. After doing a half-marathon in April, I guess I wasn’t done yet… so I joined an amazing group of women to Poland for Border to Hel — a long-distance ultra-marathon relay.

470-something km. 6 women. From sunrise to the second sunset.

We were the only all-women team, technically disqualified because we had a crew — the best crew — who drove us, fed us, supported us, motivated us. Some people didn’t take us seriously… but fuck it. We were there to show the strength of women’s bodies and minds. That you don’t have to be a (male) professional athlete.

My body ran 76 km in 41 hours. Together, we finished the whole thing. We didn’t end up last. We didn’t drop out. We didn’t give up. Think twice before underestimating women again.

Thank you to these women and incredible crew.
I needed a little break from running and everything around it, but next year again?

Thank you @ridarsport for making this happen

Images by @rubenschmitz & @niklasthyen
Additional crew rockstars @willbrunker @ximena.davis @marc_mat ❤️