The Guardian Covers Caitriona Jennings 100M Record Run at Tunnel Hill

Sean Ingle reports:

Her time for the Tunnel Hill 100 Mile in Illinois was 12hr 37min 4sec – an average pace of 7min 34sec a mile. Incredibly, until then Jennings had never run more than 60 miles in one go. Having smashed the record, she then jumped on a red-eye economy flight from Chicago that landed in Dublin at 5am. Then she cycled straight to the office, where she works for a company that trades and leases planes to global airlines.

Just amazingly lowkey.

There is one thing that surprises her. “I would like for other women to see what I’m doing and realise it’s not actually that difficult.” I have people say to me quite a lot, ‘Oh, I’d love to do that, but I wouldn’t be able to.’ That still frustrates me. Because you can if you really want to and you’re willing to put in the work.”

I wonder if this isn’t just meant as an inspiration to others, but also a slight dig at the previous record holder.