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She ran non-stop, except for gear changes, for nine and a half hours straight.
Kwok is a Hong Kong-based former Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and entrepreneur.
ultramarathoner, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor, and entrepreneur
Each woman set an individual goal they would attempt to meet over the course of the race.
I remember starting Further.
And I definitely like to pick my biggest dream to crack.
Those are the nuts and bolts of how Kwok did it.
But theres a bigger story behind the numbers.
One quote I always go back to is If your dream doesnt scare you, its not big enough.
And I definitely like to pick my biggest dream to crack.
Farrah-Seaton didnt deny or minimize those emotions.
Instead, she offered to go back out on the course together.
ultramarathoner, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor, and entrepreneur
Kwok and her teammates finished running Kwoks 100th mile together.
It was the highest high of my experience, Kwok says.
Contrary to many peoples thinking, Further is actually not just about one individual.
After meeting that goal, Kwok took her first real rest of the day.
Then I went back out and did another half marathon before calling it at night.
Its an achievement she hopes others will learn from to find their own finish line.
Our journey may be about running, but it is so much bigger than running, Kwok says.
How Kwok went from being a beginner to running 303K over six consecutive days
1.
My training partners would tell me to just suck it up and deal with your pain and keep going.
Putting wellness first into practice meant staying in close communication with coach Flippin.
Additionally, those 30 hours a week of training incorporated yoga, stretching, and physical therapy.
The wellness first approach paid off.
In that way,strength trainingwas also a part of the wellness first ethos.
We do lots of weight training to strengthen the lower body.
So we very much focused on weight training for the lower body to strengthen all the muscles for running.
I believe that whatever you are doing, find your people and then youll be able to push further.
Vriko Kwok
3.
The 300K goal was certainly a massive one.
Pick challenges that push the envelope without overdoing it.
That enabled Kwok to learn about the limits of her body and how she processed energy.
I was actually using that pace to run those four laps back to back.
I really am a runner now.
Whatve they done to me?
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