British ultrarunner Jasmin Paris became the first woman to win the 268-mile Montane Spine Race.
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On Wednesday, the new mom smashed the Montane Spine Race course record while pausing course-side to pump milk for her breastfeeding baby. Jasmin Paris, 35, an Edinburgh-based athlete, set the fastest course time ever among all competitors, male and female, in 83 hours, 12 minutes, 23 seconds.
Some athletes are still running.
The Montane Spine Race is one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges. In 2011, the first year it was staged, 11 people entered and only three finished. The ultramarathon runs seven days nonstop along the 268-mile Pennine Way National Trail. Britain’s brutal winter weather typically adds to the challenge. This year’s race weather included heavy snow, -4 degrees F windchill, and winds gusting to 50 mph.
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Paris already holds women’s records for the U.K.’s three premier 24-hour mountain running challenges: Bob Graham Round (England), Ramsay Round (Scotland), and Paddy Buckley Round (Wales). She gave birth in November 2017. In 2018, Paris won the British Fell Running title.
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