[ti:Woman with One Leg Seeks to Run 102 Marathons in 102 Days] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]A woman who lost one leg to cancer [00:03.92]is seeking to break a world record [00:07.40]by completing 102 marathon-length runs in 102 days. [00:16.16]A marathon is a race that goes 42 kilometers. [00:22.92]Jacky Hunt-Broersma, [00:25.32]who lives in the western American state of Arizona, [00:29.36]set her goal in mid-January. [00:32.80]And every day since then, [00:35.64]she has been running the distance of a marathon. [00:40.36]Most of the time, she runs on roads and trails [00:44.52]near her home in Gilbert, Arizona. [00:47.88]Sometimes she completes her runs [00:51.28]on a running machine called a treadmill. [00:55.40]Hunt-Broersma averages just over five hours [00:59.88]to complete the runs. [01:03.12]If she keeps successfully completing marathon-length runs every day, [01:09.32]she will reach her goal by April 28. [01:13.16]She would then hold the world record [01:16.52]for completing 102 back-to-back marathon runs. [01:22.80]The current world record of 101 marathons [01:27.36]was set April 10 by British runner Kate Jayden. [01:32.76]The 35-year-old Jayden does not have a disability. [01:38.08]Hunt-Broersma, a native of South Africa, [01:42.16]lost the bottom half of her left leg to a rare form of cancer in 2001. [01:49.72]"The biggest struggle was accepting [01:52.96]that part of my body was gone," she told The Associated Press. [01:59.04]Hunt-Broersma said that until five years ago, [02:03.60]she was not very active. [02:05.84]But then she looked into running and decided to give it a try. [02:11.84]The sport ended up being quite costly. [02:15.52]Currently, she runs on a prosthetic leg [02:19.48]made out of a strong, light material known as carbon fiber. [02:25.36]The carbon fiber blade she uses, which is designed [02:30.52]specifically for running, costs about $10,000. [02:36.24]But Hunt-Broersma says her investment has been well worth it. [02:42.88]"Running really changed my life," she said. [02:47.48]"It helped me accept myself as an amputee. [02:52.28]It gave me a sense of freedom. [02:55.24]I fell in love with the process of pushing my body further [03:00.48]just to see what I could do." [03:03.52]However, she has faced both physical and mental difficulties [03:09.92]during her record-breaking attempt. [03:12.80]On one recent day, Hunt-Broersma said she felt near collapse [03:18.88]at 24 kilometers and began to cry. [03:23.44]In that moment, she felt like her planned goal might not happen at all. [03:30.24]"I had a total emotional breakdown. I was like, [03:35.60]‘I just can't do this. What was I thinking?'" she said. [03:40.56]"The trick for me is just to break it down [03:45.00]into little goals, she added. [03:48.20]One of her recent runs was the world-famous [03:52.32]Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts. [03:56.56]She finished that race, held April 18, [04:00.76]with a time of 5 hours, 5 minutes. [04:04.52]Hunt-Broersma's main support team [04:08.20]is her husband and their two young children. [04:12.08]She is documenting her progress online [04:15.68]and has also gained a large social media following. [04:20.88]As she nears the end of her goal, Hunt-Broersma [04:25.60]is hoping to inspire a single thought in others, [04:30.40]regardless of their own physical limitations. [04:34.80]She tells people, "You're stronger than you think [04:39.44]— and you're capable of so much more." [04:43.52]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM