70 races at the age of 70! Remarkable woman pensioner spends seven months travelling Europe to 参加する runs

• Kathy Ling started running when she was 57 in 2000
• She 征服する／打ち勝つd her first goal - the London マラソン - in 2006
• On her 70th birthday she challenged herself to 完全にする 70 races in a year
• Mother-of-one reached her 的 in seven months running 71 races
• She has covered 331.85miles - the 同等（の） to 13 十分な マラソンs
• Now she is 目的（とする）ing to reach 100 races by her 71st birthday in September
  

By Lizzie Parry

Published: 17:50 BST, 29 April 2014 | Updated: 18:29 BST, 29 April 2014

A pensioner has 完全にするd her 71st running race in seven months to 示す her 70th birthday.

To 示す her milestone birthday, Kathy Ling 始める，決める herself the challenge of 征服する／打ち勝つing 70 races in a year.

But seven months after crossing the start line, Mrs Ling has been 軍隊d to 押し進める herself その上の, adjusting her 的 to 100 races by the time she turns 71 in September.

Kathy Ling, 70, has 完全にするd 71 running races in seven months after setting herself a challenge on her milestone birthday last September

The mother-of-one has 征服する／打ち勝つd more than 331 miles - the 同等（の） to running 13 十分な マラソンs

Her challenge has seen the 70-year-old travel across Britain and Europe to 完全にする the races 井戸／弁護士席 before her 的

Since her 70th birthday, Mrs Ling has 完全にするd a staggering 331.85 miles - the 同等（の） to 13 マラソンs.

The races have 変化させるd from three miles (5km) to challenging 13 miles (21km) half マラソンs.

They have seen the pensioner travel across Britain and Europe to 達成する her goal.

Mrs Ling, who lives with her husband John, 70, in Broseley, Shropshire, said: 'The 71 races have been a blur, really.

'I was hoping to finish by June but I got carried away because I didn’t know what the 天候 was going to be like.

'I am shocked I have done it so quick. So I’m going to carry on and 目的（とする） for 100 now. I’ve got a couple of half マラソンs to do.

'The 激励 I get on my way around is amazing. It’s what keeps me going.

'I always 扱う／治療する myself to a glass of シャンペン酒 and some chocolates after I 完全にする each race - it helps me keep going when the going gets 堅い.'

Mrs Ling, who has been supported by her husband John every step of the way, has run the Berlin マラソン, 同様に as races in Russia's 資本／首都 Moscow (pictured)

Mrs Ling is pictured 完全にするing the Coventry War 記念の 10km race in November last year

The 70-year-old pictured at the Hairy Haggis マラソン in Edinburgh, said: 'The 71 races have been a blur, really. I was hoping to finish by June but I got carried away because I didn't know what the 天候 was going to be like'

Mrs Ling photographed after crossing the finishing line at the Essar Chester 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the 塀で囲むs race on ボクシング Day last year

Mrs Ling started running when she turned 57 in 2000, with the 目的（とする） of running the London マラソン.

The mother-of-one ticked that goal off her bucket 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in 2006, 征服する／打ち勝つing the 26.2-mile course in six hours and 20 minutes.

Since then Mrs Ling has taken part in 1,000 races and competed across Europe.

She raced in the famous Midnight Sun Half マラソン in Tromso, Norway in 2005, crossing the start line at 10pm and racing into the 早期に hours of the morning.

Mrs Ling has also 完全にするd the Berlin マラソン, 同様に as events in Russia's 資本／首都 Moscow, アイスランド, Malta, Latvia 同様に as Amsterdam.

On one occasion she even ran 29 miles in the Wolverhampton マラソン ? after getting lost en 大勝する and doing an extra three miles by mistake.

She 追加するd: 'I don’t think age is a 障壁. You’ve just got to be sensible about it and not think you can （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 everybody.

'I just stay in my 慰安 zone. My ambition is to start on two feet and finish on two feet.

'It was always something I had been planning to do when I turned 70. I only started when I was 57 because I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to keep fit and do the London マラソン.

'I did judo ages ago but I had never really run 適切に before 2000. I just started up slowly with half a mile and built it up.

Mrs Ling is congratulated at the finishing line of the January Jog in Newport with the town's 市長

The collection of メダルs Mrs Ling has amassed (left) and the 70-year-old is pictured after finishing a race in Norway (権利)

Running with 空気／公表する cadets in the Pelsall 10km race in April

'My husband John is very supportive, he gets me to the places and makes sure I am alright at the end but the only place he runs is to the pub.

'I feel more fit now than when I was doing judo when I was a lot younger. I am lucky regarding my health and that but if I can do it then anyone can.'

Mrs Ling ? who worked in a factory before she had her daughter Heather, 35 ? was 迎える／歓迎するd with a guard of honour as she 完全にするd her 70th race in Telford, on Saturday and was racing again the next day.

Over 50 members from her running club made a surprise 贈呈 of flowers 同様に as a 瓶／封じ込める of her trademark シャンペン酒 to her at the finishing line.

Mrs Ling 明らかにする／漏らすd the hardest of her 71 events was the 10 mile (16km) Bupa 広大な／多数の／重要な South Run in Portsmouth in October last year because of the horrendous 天候 条件s.

Mrs Ling said: 'The 激励 I get on my way around is amazing. It's what keeps me going. I always 扱う／治療する myself to a glass of シャンペン酒 and some chocolates after I 完全にする each race - it helps me keep going when the going gets 堅い'

Mrs Ling started running when she turned 57 in 2000, with the 目的（とする） of running the London マラソン. The mother-of-one ticked that goal off her bucket 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in 2006, 征服する／打ち勝つing the 26.2-mile course in six hours and 20 minutes

Mrs Ling, pictured in Mdina, Malta at the end of the country's マラソン, said: 'Running is my life now and I've got no 計画（する）s to hang up my trainers just yet'

She hopes to 完全にする at least 29 more races to 攻撃する，衝突する the 100 示す before September. She is pictured taking part in the Mad Jack race in Shrewsbury in November

She 追加するd: 'The ten mile run in Portsmouth was hard because the 勝利，勝つd was horrendous, they thought about cancelling it.

'The Kenyans weren’t happy because they couldn’t get a personal best. It was hard work, so many people pulled out.

'I am not a 急速な／放蕩な racer, the trick is to just stay in your 慰安 zone.

'I ran a 12 or 13 minute mile. I used to be a 17 minute per mile person so it has come 負かす／撃墜する 徐々に as I have got older.

'I look after my 脚s and have a massage every four weeks. And if I’ve just done a long race, I have a 冷淡な bath.

'Running is my life now and I've got no 計画（する）s to hang up my trainers just yet.'

She hopes to 完全にする at least 29 more races to 攻撃する，衝突する the 100 示す before September.