100 marathons in 100 days: Mina Guli runs ‘unthinkable’ challenge motivated by world’s water crisis
- Hongkonger takes on ultra running challenge to raise awareness for water crisis
- Fresh water availability projected to fall by 40 per cent in 12 years
Christmas might seem painfully far away for office workers desperate for a holiday and an excuse to eat their weight in turkey. But for one Hongkonger, the festive season will barely mark halfway through an epic and gruelling challenge.
Mina Guli is five days into an attempt to run 100 marathons in 100 days. She began with the New York Marathon last Sunday, where she wore a T-shirt declaring her goal and was continually asked if she was serious.
“When you’re celebrating Thanksgiving, we’ll still be running,” she told fellow marathon runners. “When you’re celebrating Christmas, we’ll still be running. When the seasons change, we’ll still be running. It is such a long time.”
But Guli cannot think about the enormity of the challenge or it will get the better of her.
“You have to have your head and your body in the same place. When your head gets ahead of you, you have to think about where you are now,” she said. “I just think about everyday as a new day.”