S5 Eps 20 Young Hearts, Run Free - Jacky Hunt-Broersma 104 Marathons in 104 Days - 8 July 2022

It is our Season 5 finale!! It is episode 100!! Best make it a good one eh!

A massive thanks for tuning in, it has been the most unexpected of times since we launched the podcast back in 2020. Meeting new folks and being constantly inspired. Life enhancing, we really hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.

Our guest this week is quite fitting for us hitting the big century. We’re going transatlantic baby!

20 years ago, when she was 26, Jacky Hunt-Broersma lost her left leg to cancer.  She did not run back then, but it started a quite remarkable journey into running that makes for a jaw dropping story cumulating in an inspirational world record earlier this year.

104 marathons in 104 days, it’s quite something.

We were excited to catch up with Jacky, you should be excited about hearing her story, our chat with her is amazing. You’re in for a treat.

Jacky is a gem to speak too, easy going but with a steely determination. She is so open to speak about the challenges of adapting to being an amputee. From the moment she decided to invest in her first ever running blade the freedom she felt became an unstoppable force. Not one to ever be told she could not do ‘anything’ Jacky’s positivity and attitude shine bright, that led her to running marathons, which led to running trail marathons, which led to running ultra-marathons…..which led to, well we’ll let you listen to see where it took her.

Her gratefulness for life and love is abundant throughout, using the power of her mind to overcome personal challenges once perceived to be impossible. Jacky is proud to be an amputee. She has not let it stop her so far and with more adventures and exploits planned for her next chapter we cannot see anything stopping her either.

Jacky has a passion for bringing the joy of running to other amputee’s. As part of her 104 marathons challenge she has already raised an eye watering amount of money for the Amputee Blade Runners charity.  You can still donate to that effort here https://www.gofundme.com/f/102-marathons-in-102-days

Jacky has a fab Twitter account charting her day to day, follow her here https://twitter.com/NCrunnerjacky