Photo: Facebook Vernon Ultra Athlete Shanda Hill continues to push through the pain – this time from rolling her ankle. “Last night, disaster struck,” reads a post to the Shanda Hill Ultra Athlete Facebook Page . [Shanda] rolled her ankle.
The pain was immediate and so intense that she dropped to the ground, unable to breathe.” “But in true Shanda fashion, she got up, hobbled back to her tent, and slipped into her compression boots. She lay there, trying to wrap her mind around what just happened—only halfway through the run, and now this.
” It’s day 33 of Hill tackling the "toughest race in the world” – a Triple Deca Ultra Triathlon consisting of a 114-km swim, a 5,400-km bike ride and a 1,266-km run. Currently, Hill is in the last stretch of the race which requires her to run laps to reach the 1,266 km goal. Hill’s partner Jacs has been updating the community through the ultra athlete’s Facebook page, and a video shows the running track littered with rubber mats, some stuck in muddy patches which is how Hill rolled her ankle.
Jacs says Shanda was determined to continue with the race despite pain shooting up the side of her leg. When Jacs asked if this would make her quit, she said no. "I have to go back out; that's what you don't understand.
It's not broken, and I am too far into the race," said Hill. "I just know that the remainder of the race is now going to be 10x more painful, and my suffering will be that much greater. It won't break me because I.
