Cassoday, Kansas, October 11. Amy Palmiero-Winters, a below-the-knee amputee, was the women's winner at the 10th Annual Heartland "Spirit of the Prairie" 100 Mile Endurance Run. Palmiero-Winters, a 37-year-old mother of two, posted the second fastest time in race history and became the first woman amputee to finish a 100-mile run. Running on a customized running prosthesis specifically designed by A Step Ahead Prosthetics in Hicksville, N.Y. to handle the demands of trail running, she finished 23 minutes ahead of runner-up Susan Lance of Whitesburg, Georgia.
The Heartland course is out and back on rolling dirt roads with a total of 6000 feet of elevation gain. Of the 61 starters, 41 finished within the 30-hour time limit.
Women
1. Amy Palmiero-Winters, 37, Hicksville, NY, 18:54:13
2. Susan Lance, Whitesburg, 49, GA, 19:17:21
3. Kathy Hoover, 49, Tulsa, OK, 24:23:45
4. Barbara Elias, 47, Yuma, AZ, 25:50:21
5. Marie Lewis, 45, West End, NC, 26:52:14
Article borrowed from ultraRUNNING Online
2 comments:
She is very nice as well, I had the opportunity to talk to her while running the Ultracentric last weekend. She was running the 100 miler and looked so strong the whole event. The course was a .5 mile loop so there was plenty of time to meet and talk with a lot of the runners.
That is so cool Derek!
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