From 300 lbs to 100K races: How this mom of 4 took up ultramarathons

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International Association of Ultrarunners‘ 100 km World Championship.It’s in Bangalore, a tropical city in southern India where the average daytime temperature in December ranges from a high of 27 C to a low of 16 C, plus a relative humidity of around 55 per cent.“She’s going to be warm,” McBride laughed.She’s a member of the Association of Canadian Ultramarathon Runners and said they’ve provided her with protocols for acclimatizing to a hot climate, including three weeks of intense sauna sessions followed by running indoors in winter gear to help simulate the environment and increase blood hemoglobin.“It’ll be into the sauna, on the treadmill, into the sauna, on the treadmill. It’ll be grand.

It’ll be a great time,” she joked.Crossing the finish line next month will be a bucket-list moment for McBride, who admitted she is competitive and has many goals.“I promised myself before I was 40, I would run for my country. And I have made it.

I will be 33 years old.”There isn’t anything special to it and anyone who is healthy and able-bodied can run if they put their mind to it, McBride said.“It just takes the belief in yourself and I think that that’s what a lot of people lack. They don’t believe that they can do it and that’s why they don’t ever pursue doing it.

And obviously there’s people who won’t be interested in doing it. And God bless them, they’re going to have less injuries than me,” she laughed.“But I think that self-belief is a huge thing for people.”The Association of Canadian Ultramarathoners has a lot of information available to anyone who is interested in attempting longer distances, she said.“If anyone is interested in getting into it, I believe they can.