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Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Episode #132 Hillary Allen Against All Odds (Out & Back Book Release 04/21)
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
I find it absolutely mind blowing what Hillary Allen has achieved over the last couple of years, falling 150ft off a ridge during a skyrun in Norweigh, miraculously escaping what was almost certain death, being told your never going to compete again, I can only image the emotions that must have flooded her body as she lay in her hospital bed with 14 broken bones and hardly able to move.
Fast forward 10 months later and she crosses the finish line in the 48km Cortina Mountain race in 1st place, it defies belief, it really does show you what is possible if you keep a positive mind.
What is even more impressive is that the following spring she slips on the ice and breaks her ankle, again has to have surgery then 5 months later crosses line in 2nd place on one of the worlds toughest mountain races TDS on the extended 145km course which takes in over 9000m of vert.
As amazing her story is, I thought it important not to go past how awesome Hillary was pre accident, graduate who started running in 2011, ran a 2:51 marathon, and moved her way up in the rankings to 1st in the World Sky Running series.
The Mourne Seven Sevens Virtual Challenge 17,052ft (5198m)
https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=7730
Hillary Allen Book Release Out and Back
Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds: Allen, Hillary, Blue Star Press: 9781944515959: Amazon.com: Books
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