The greatest endurance feat ever? Woman runs 3,500-km mountain trail in record time

Endurance runner Tara Dower smashed one of the toughest records in sport. The Appalachian Trail is the world's longest hiking-only path, at 3,535 kilometres from Maine to Georgia. In September, Dower finished running its entire distance in 40 days, 18 hours and six minutes.

The greatest endurance feat ever? Woman runs 3,500-km mountain trail in record time
Composite image of three Tara Dower on The Appalachian Trail pictures. Left most, running downhill, middle, resting on a ridge top, Right, arriving at the southern finishing point of the famous 3500+kilometer run

Endurance runner Tara Dower smashed one of the toughest records in sport. The Appalachian Trail is the world's longest hiking-only path, at 3,535 kilometres from Maine to Georgia. In September, Dower finished running its entire distance in 40 days, 18 hours and six minutes.