Guinness World Record attempt: 53 marathons in 53 days

How? What? Why? Probably some of the questions you would like to ask Amy Hughes from Shropshire.

She is hoping to break the Guinness World Record of running the most marathons on consecutive days.

Currently the female record stands at 17 marathons, while the male record is 52.

The 26-year-old sports therapist began her attempt to run 53 marathons in 53 consecutive days in Chester on Wednesday.

Each run will be in a different city across the UK including Edinburgh, London, Newcastle and Glasgow, finishing in Manchester on 27 September.

The runner is sticking with the number 53 by hoping to raise £53,000 for the Isabelle Lottie Foundation.

Amy Hughes says: "The charity is close to my heart, because a friend's daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour and this charity helps support families like hers."

"I'm not nervous of the thought of not being able to do it, I'm nervous of travelling from city to city, finding the routes."

"There's going to be hiccups along the way that's what I'm more nervous about rather than the actual running."

Amy has run three marathons consecutively before, so just has to add another 50 on to that.

She describes her training regime as some weeks of 60 or 70 miles but other days she just focuses on strength training.

To fit in the mileage Amy runs for a couple of hours in the morning and then again at night.

"I've had to eat a lot lately, probably three times as much as usual," she says. That includes a lot of protein and carbohydrates like eggs and rice.

"I know I will definitely do it, even if it takes me eight or nine hours one day, it doesn't matter, as long as I complete each run."

"That's the main aim of it, it's not for speed; it's for charity and to raise awareness."

Medal from the marathons Amy has already completed

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