AMY HUGHES

AMY HUGHES ran into the record books in 2014 when she completed 53 marathons in 53 days. In September last year she set another record, running the greatest distance in seven days on a treadmill – 521 miles. ‘Running for up to 20 hours straight was a big challenge, but I trained myself to break it into chunks of time to manage it,’ says the sports therapist from Cheshire, who was raising money for the 53 Foundation, the charity she set up to help disabled people get into sport.