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This 70-Year-Old Woman Ran A Marathon On Every Continent In 1 Week
The Huffington Post The Huffington Post
Lindsay Holmes
23 hrs ago
Chau Smith is a 70-year-old Missouri runner who has competed in approximately 70 races. Last year, she decided she wanted to set the bar even higher for herself with a new goal: Run seven marathons on seven continents in the span of one week.
And she did it.
Smith ran in Perth, Australia, Cairo, Amsterdam, Singapore, New York, Chile and King George Island, Antarctica in January. She'd wake up, run the marathon, then board a plane to the next location.
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© Courtesy Chau Smith Chau Smith recently ran seven marathons in the span of one week.
The runner is part of a travel group called Marathon Adventures and embarked on the task with nine other members. She decided to take on the challenge, which was called the Triple 7 Quest, as a way to celebrate her birthday ? a milestone that has more meaning than most.
Smith's legal age is 67. She told The Huffington Post that after her father was killed in the French occupation of Vietnam during the First Indochina War, her mother went into hiding while pregnant with Smith for their safety. After she was born in 1947, her mother didn't report it for three years. That's why she wanted to honor turning her real age ? 70 ? this year in a special way.
"As I approached my 70th birthday, I wondered what I could finish from my bucket list, so I decided to do the Triple 7 Quest," Smith told HuffPost.
She trained for eight months to get ready for the challenge. Her preparation also included working with a running coach, a physical therapist and a nutritionist as well as practicing her pacing, she told NBC News. Normally, she can run the 26.2 miles in about five hours, but she said she wanted to make sure she kept up her stamina for all the races.
The runner credits physical activity with keeping her healthy and happy. And research supports her theory: Studies show regular exercise can help keep the brain sharp, increase longevity and decrease anxiety.
"It was never my intention to become a long distance runner, but the more I ran, the better I felt ... no matter how stressful my life has been or is running is the best therapy I've ever had," Smith told HuffPost. "So, I'm hooked on running because I can clear my head and make better decisions."
Now she's what we call fitness goals.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/this-70-year-old-woman-ran-a-marathon-on-every-continent-in-1-week/ar-BByicvz?li=BBnb7Kz
I'd respect her if she wasn't wearing that stupid hat.
Quote from: Irene on March 19, 2017, 06:19:22 PM
I'd respect her if she wasn't wearing that stupid hat.
LOL I don't thaik that hat is the same as the Snowflakes are wearing :P It is just a traditional knit cap that just happens to have those peaks on it :P
Quote from: zorgon on March 19, 2017, 07:10:16 PM
LOL I don't thaik that hat is the same as the Snowflakes are wearing :P
Is there an "official" Snowflake hat? ???
A snowflake would not do what she did because they are too busy being whiner's.
A Woman wearing a Garbage Bag would not do what she did because they are too busy wondering if they will be executed.
Chau Smith Did it because she can, and along the way she has inspired me!
Go Chau! 8)
Hey Otter you should check this out!
Indian Pacific Wheel Race:https://curvecycling.bike/pages/indian-pacific-wheel-race
Local Lass Sarah Hammond in 3rd place.
QuoteThe #IPWR is a 5,500km (3,400mi) unsupported cycling race.
Starting in Fremantle, on the westcoast of Australia, it crosses the sparse Nullarbor plains, through to lush surrounds and urban scapes of Adelaide, on to Melbourne via the iconic Great Ocean rd and then on through the Australian Alps to finish at Sydney Opera House.
No teams, no support, no drafting.
A Women at the half way point is sitting in 3rd place. I'm glued to all the participant's GPS tracker's and social media in amazement!
The top three should be cloned for NASA missions...they really know no boundaries ;D
Quote from: Irene on March 19, 2017, 06:19:22 PM
I'd respect her if she wasn't wearing that stupid hat.
I like the hat myself but that is a personal choice I guess!
Better to keep warm than get hypothermia which I have first hand seen participating in a 100km Ultra Marathon. In this case the poor dude was way fitter than me but for whatever reason he was on the ground in space blanket's waiting for an ambulance shaking like my grandpa when he was alive with parkinson's rather than finishing his goal.
Being prepared aint a look LOL
Quote from: Somamech on March 24, 2017, 03:00:29 PM
I like the hat myself but that is a personal choice I guess!
Better to keep warm than get hypothermia which I have first hand seen participating in a 100km Ultra Marathon. In this case the poor dude was way fitter than me but for whatever reason he was on the ground in space blanket's waiting for an ambulance shaking like my grandpa when he was alive with parkinson's rather than finishing his goal.
Being prepared aint a look LOL
Are you aware of what the hat represents?
It's called a "pussy hat" and the feminists are wearing it to represent women's rights.
I think it's gross. People can't seem to protest without using disgusting language.
Quote from: Irene on March 24, 2017, 03:26:22 PM
Are you aware of what the hat represents?
It's called a "pussy hat" and the feminists are wearing it to represent women's rights.
I think it's gross. People can't seem to protest without using disgusting language.
I really don't care so much, if it keep's your head warm, get's you through 42km of running then go for it. It's just a hat.
All a hat does is keep the sun off your head, or the rain. It can promote certain cause's, but cause's are forgotten quicker than the sand moving in the desert.
Oddly I must ask, why are women running with a Vagina Hat so offensive?
Decency is dead.
Mate,
This is what I viewed in the OP:
I viewed a 70yo woman running around the world, not the best effort mind you for 70yo's, but much better than 99.9 percent of the population here on earth. I would bump that stat higher, but there is no higher than 99.9 for a forum in this context... as I hope you understand the point I am making.
She was a Human who had the abiltiy to run and do something amazing. That is what I saw. I would like to think she inspire's half the people here to do the same! Why wait for a drug to fix you when you can live life huh?
Quote"It was never my intention to become a long distance runner, but the more I ran, the better I felt ... no matter how stressful my life has been or is running is the best therapy I've ever had," Smith told HuffPost. "So, I'm hooked on running because I can clear my head and make better decisions."
Sorry.
I'm mourning the death of class.
Quote from: Irene on March 24, 2017, 04:19:25 PM
Sorry.
I'm mourning the death of class.
Care to elaborate instead of troll ?
QuoteOddly I must ask, why are women running with a Vagina Hat so offensive?
Probably not offensive at all, just a "symbolic" trend of what some women have become, in replacement of their "thinking parts". Men have been accused of this for eons, by the way, so I guess you could say "Equality IS Equality". :o
I think the running lady is great by the way! :)
Yeah its really odd that Class on this forum of all place's, can be dragged into a discussion where an old friend of mine who happen's to be an old women posting to a 41 yo guy who reside's on a different continent becomes a trigger.
Honeslty, a woman run's in her 70's, an older women know's how much I love seeing people become better than they can be and she post's it here and then it become's an issue of Vagina Hat's ?
You can't make this up.
It's utterly bizzare!
And people thought Matrix was weird LOL
This is what I see in the Article, I see a woman running for health and clear thought:
I ran in this event and completed it! 100km
2014 surfcoast century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtmWSVf_A3g
Quote from: Irene on March 24, 2017, 04:19:25 PM
Sorry.
I'm mourning the death of class.
....wow, you sound like one of those "snowflakes" that people seem to be calling each other lately.
I find the term to be odd, seeing that anyone who lives in a cold climate and endures harsh winters would no that snow ain't no joke.
As far as the females who are raising awareness for equal pay/treatment or whatever, I hope they don't start burning their bras! Oh the humanity!!
I honestly don't get the hate for fanny hat's.
I've never heard of them. Which say's a lot about the complaint.
Strange men acting as women :P
Quote from: Somamech on March 24, 2017, 06:13:45 PM
I honestly don't get the hate for fanny hat's.
I've never heard of them. Which say's a lot about the complaint
Here in the US of Assholes :P The pink hat with the 'ears' is a new symbol adopted by radical (and snowflake) women's rights groups Called a PUSSY HAT (Just google women's rights pussy hat they are being sold all over Etsy and Ebay) (the other one that is even stupider is the Vagina hat... the Lunatics have taken over the assylum
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It is sad that an article about an accomplished runner and a woman's personal achievement is bloted out by a MISTAKEN identification of a hat that looks similar to something else
Quote from: dreb13 on March 24, 2017, 04:43:49 PM
....wow, you sound like one of those "snowflakes" that people seem to be calling each other lately.
Snowflakes are pretty and fragile but disappear in a flash :P
Only when thousands of snowflakes collect in one place does it become snow and in volume becomes a problem and a nuisance :P
I think the comparison is apt :P
i was going to send this in a pm but what the hell i've already been tarred with the snowflake brush
Soma
holy heck..i can't believe the dust up over a running article.. so sorry to have it occur in a thread to you
but sadly it kinda shows the state of things here in the states...folks picked sides and if you aren't on the same side there's a lot of name calling
let me explain the hat pussy hat thing.. the guy who got elected made the remark that he just grabs women by the pussy..therefore when the womens march was done they decided to call their hats pussy hats...the other i hadn't heard about
oh yeah and speaking of that ...you dare to call me an old woman..??? really..
bud, you just wait till you get up here and see what adjectives you get
.. i only just turned 68.. not old in my book...i wish i could do just one marathon let alone one in ever country..in any amount of time
sadly no one seems to respect anyone else opinion anymore and some like to shout their displeasure with others louder than before..
so if you don't think we're on borrowed time..hummmmmmmmmmmm
was that you in the vid.. gonna go watch it now
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QuoteI ran in this event and completed it! 100km
congrats...one year in brutal heart and humidity at the old dominion we coined the phrase
to finish is to win...
YOU WON....
Quote from: Irene on March 24, 2017, 03:26:22 PM
Are you aware of what the hat represents?
It's called a "pussy hat" and the feminists are wearing it to represent women's rights.
I think it's gross. People can't seem to protest without using disgusting language.
Yes, the pink pussy hats. It's disgusting and the whole was manufactured for social engineering purposes.
Quote from: Irene on March 24, 2017, 03:26:22 PM
Are you aware of what the hat represents?
It's called a "pussy hat" and the feminists are wearing it to represent women's rights.
I think it's gross. People can't seem to protest without using disgusting language.
Well the hat with the pointy ears was originally a KITTY HAT worn by cosplay girls and was cute.
My daughter wears them :P
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So if you happen to like PINK you are now no longer wearing a cute KITTY hat but making a political statement with a PUSSY hat :P
Today in the SCA there is a gay/lesbian group called Blue Feather So if you wear a Renaissance hat with a dark blue feather you are advertising that you are gay ( a powder blue feather is gay friendly)
The problem with this is my colors are blue and gold so I cannot wear a blue feather without sending out the wrong signal
In the mundane world you cannot sport anything rainbow for the same reason
The Lunatics are ruling the Asylum these days
z said
QuoteSnowflakes are pretty and fragile but disappear in a flash :P
thank you
i'd rather be pretty than petty which i think some of the remarks added to a thread like this are..but hey what do i know, huh..!!!
and if you let other folks's color useage stop you from doing something... that's sad
wear what you want you may be surprised at how much folks DON"T notice
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Gobi changed the course of Dion Leonard's life when she appeared in the Gobi Desert. (@findinggobi)
hey Soma
hopefully this won't go off the rails..but it's a really really cool story about a little dog named Gobi and how an aussie runner adopted him...
if you haven't seen it check out some of these
and Gobi now has a book..lol
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-june-22-2017-1.4171342/how-a-little-dog-named-gobi-changed-an-ultramarathoner-s-life-1.4171376
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Read Story Transcript
When Dion Leonard lined up at the start of the Gobi March last June, he was there to win.
The gruelling ultramarathon takes racers across the Gobi Desert in Asia in extreme heat. The runners carry their own food and water on the six-stage race, which has competitors running about 40 kilometres each day with the final leg being twice that far.
After the first day of the race, Leonard noticed a little dog begging from the racers around the campfire.
Dion and Gobi
Dion Leonard first noticed Gobi begging from racers around the campfire. (@findinggobi)
"I didn't think much of it but I thought there is no way I'm going to feed her," he tells The Current's Anna Maria Tremonti.
The next morning Leonard sees the dog again. This time she's hanging around the start line.
He started running near the front of the pack, and the dog that he would later name Gobi started running beside him.
Leonard kept expecting she'd drop back but instead, she ran with him for the whole stage of the race.
When he got to the finish line that day, people were cheering. But he quickly realized that they were cheering for the dog running right behind him.
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Gobi ran alongside Dion Leonard for nearly 128 km in the extreme heat. (@findinggobi)
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He decided to take her home with him to Scotland, a task that didn't prove easy. He flew back to China when she went missing for more than 10 days and faced threats and intimidation as he worked to get her out of the country — a story Leonard tells in his book, Finding Gobi.
Six months later, he finally brought her home to Edinburgh where they live now.
"I say that finding Gobi was one of the hardest things," he says.
"But her finding me was one of the best."
Listen to Gobi and Dion's full story at the top of the web post.
This segment was produced by The Current's Liz Hoath.
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/06/13/hello-gobi-how-stray-dog-ran-ultramarathon-with-me-and-stole-my-heart.html
Gobi (dog) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_(dog)
Gobi is a small, female border terrier mix dog that began following ultra marathon runner Dion Leonard at the beginning of Stage II of the Gobi Desert Run in ...
"GOBI" the Dog - 4 Deserts
https://www.4deserts.com/assets/includes/get_full_features.php?id=628
It was in the middle of Stage 2 of the Gobi March 2016 when Australian Dion Leonard noticed a small dog nipping at his yellow gaiters. Leonard, who is based in ...
Gobi the dog 'adopted' a runner - BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-40111793/gobi-the-dog-adopted-a-runner
May 31, 2017 - Dion Leonard and Gobi the dog became inseparable during a gruelling desert race in China.
Gobi marathon runner returns to Edinburgh with dog - BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38522419
Wow what a nice story :)
On a funny note regarding Dog's and my life these day's!
Last year I was doing a 50km ride to work on a bike/pedestrian pathway where about 40km into the ride I could see a young woman with a German Shepard coming my direction in the distance. I thought nothing of it till that dog came running at me full tilt, she started yelling at it and I had nowhere to hide. I knew I screwed as i couldn't turn my bike around at that point.
The dog eventually latched onto my leg and with some quick thinking in hindsight ofc, I let it put it's meat defying jaw onto my leg and did not move my leg whilst still rolling along on my bike... PHEW. I made the choice as the dog let go and the owner came running up apologising saying some rubbish how she was trying to train him not to bite people. DAFUQ? without a lead in a public space.
Since then, and the influx of city people who feel the need to have dog's to complete their circle of life i am now paranoid when i see dogs and have incident's more often than I care for LOL
It's not that i don't like dog's, but I think these day's Hoomons are forgetting what a dog is, and that is at time's a lethally loose cannon
Another two incident's last month:
I was out trail running and saw a woman do the right thing and put her dog on a leash when she saw me. The dog should have been on a leash prior but ok... I thought she was being responsible.. we cross path's on a Goat track with a 25 degree gradient wither way and the dog start's going nutz on me, I jump up the gradient and tell her to effing control her dog, I was then told to grow up DAFUQ??? Yeah like anyone want's a frothing dog biting their leg's? Well she got told where to go very unpolitley.
Next case was out on a 30km run only two week's ago. I was about 18km into the run in a picnic area and wanted to take a little path beside the river I used when i was training for the last 100km i did in 2014. I saw a dog and thought nothing of it till I came up close and this little dog wanted to kill me. I had to yell like mad it to get it pee off. The owner's on a jetty just near by told me to kick it and teach it a lesson. DAFUQ... what reasonble person think's that having a stranger kick your dog will teach the dog not to attempt attacking people. Truly bloody bizzare!
It almost like the rise of the connected human and through the web and all the pet loving has risen above the human in importance when it come's to safety.
It really is no effort to make sure one's pet obey's the rule's of human saftey for the most part, but it seem's like people are walking in a bubble and not giving one poop about it and then blame other people for their lack of knowledge...FFS
Geez sorry Otter LOL City dweeler's and dogs has been a pet peeve of mine since that Bike ride..and sadly it was something i never thought of before, now I notice it more than i care for!
hey Soma
i have two big dogs and they would be really hit hard if they tried any of that shit..
honestly get yourself some pepper spray and attach it to your belt or something easy to reach.. aim for the eyes or if you want a dyi.. vinegar at full strength works just fine..
i luv my dogs but they need to be trained..
and think about this.. what you think about is drawn to you.. so maybe just think about the pepper spray..bwhahahah .. oh yeah it works on humans too
hugs
Thats is illegal here in OZ !
I have thought about my LOA and how that may effect me LOL dont know!
I like dog's too, but now I'm trying to deduce whether the percentage of moronic people are owning them rather than responsible people :-\
is the vinegar illegal too?....it works great and leaves no traces
Vinegar is totally legal ;) and I made a batch last year due a kombucha lazy effort on my behalf LOL
Hey getting back Ultra Running, I was so happy to see Ryan Sandes win the Western States 100
http://www.wser.org/
The Western States ® 100-Mile Endurance Run is the world's oldest 100-mile trail race. Starting in Squaw Valley, California near the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics and ending 100.2 miles later in Auburn, California, Western States, in the decades since its inception in 1974, has come to represent one of the ultimate endurance tests in the world.
I see so many other sport's talk about age and how they are done by 30... Nah a 35 yo just won the WS100. I see older people win these event's all the time. It's about motivation, not the age of the muscle :D
Carry a small toy water pistol filled with ammonia. That does the trick! ;)
Quote from: Somamech on June 27, 2017, 07:36:58 PM
Thats is illegal here in OZ !
What about those sprays used for cramps? They are very cold and usually have menthol, that I suppose a dog wouldn't like to have on its nose.
I suppose those are not illegal, specially for someone doing some exercise. :)