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Product of the month Product of the month Product of the monthPERFORMANCEMARVELLOUS MIMIHaving suffered from anorexia for 15 years, Mimi Andersonfound a passion in long distance runningMimi Anderson has runmany ultras. She has threeWorld Guinness Records,her latest being the fastestcrossing of Ireland on foot, over threedays and 15 hours 36 minutes (to beverified). Plus JOGLE (John O’Groats toLands End) which was 840 miles in 12days 15 hours 46 minutes and lastly thefurthest distance covered on a treadmillin seven days by a female – 403.81miles (this has since been broken). Andwhat’s amazing is Mimi achieved thisafter suffering anorexia for 15 years.FAMILY MATTERSSo how did someone as adventurous asMimi get anorexia? At 14 she gotbullied, which in turn meant she losther self-confidence and eating becamethe only thing she had control of. Mimiis 5ft 6 and at her lowest her weightplummeted to under six stone. Herfamily tried to help but Mimi couldn’tget better until she was willing to helpherself. Even with anorexia Mimi stillmanaged to find the right man and herfuture husband turned up in a friend’scar one day. Her friend was giving hima lift and Mimi didn’t realise she hadjust met the father of her future threechildren. Now they also have twograndsons. “I was very lucky to getpregnant as I hadn’t had a period fornearly four years,” says Mimi. “Once Igot pregnant with Emma I startedswimming and going to the gym.” Mimididn’t want her kids to see her gothrough the cycle of anorexia andeventually got help by going to anout-patients clinic for eating disorders.She is now healthy but admits it nevertotally goes away.In 1999 at the age of 36 Mimi decidedshe wanted to change the shape of herlegs, a friend suggested she take uprunning, so that’s exactly what she did.She started slowly by alternating walkingand running on a treadmill. When shecompleted a mile without stopping shejumped in the air with a whoop.COMICAL TRIOMimi saw an article on the Marathondes Sables, which is a 250K selfsufficiencystaged race over seven daysin the Sahara Desert. Most peoplewould surely think this is quite a stepup from a half <strong>marathon</strong>. Not Mimi! Sheentered the race as a team of three andfinished winning the prize for the teamwith the best sense of humour. The racewasn’t simple as Mimi picked up a bugand became very ill: “I had to have fivebags of IV drip on the 3rd day andanother five after I finished the race.”Over the next ten years Mimicontinued to run and took part inaround 40 ultra races, some of whichinclude the Himalayan 100 (100 milesover five days), the Libyan Challenge(120 miles over four days), the KalahariExtreme Marathon (250K over sevendays), the 6633 Extreme Ultra Marathon(352 miles non-stop in the Arctic) Backto Back Comrades and DoubleBadwater, Spartathlon (153 milesnon-top) Viking Way Ultra (147 milesnon-stop) amongst others. This yearMimi took part in the Jungle Ultraand finished fourth overall and tookthe crown of first lady finishing the 235Kover six days in 32 hours49 minutes.TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY“Sometimes I hallucinate when I’mvery tired. In the arctic I saw anelephant! Signposts often turn intopeople, trees become monkeys andpebbles become jewels. But I also seereal things; beautiful birds andbutterflies mostly in the jungles.” Mimicalls herself Marvellous Mimi (becauseshe says Marvellous a lot!) and you cansee why. Plus she has raised lots ofmoney for charity over the years - shedeserves the title. But she’s also a wife,a mum and a grandma who likes towalk her dogs, entertain, see friends.And age certainly isn’t holding herback, next year Mimi turns 51 and sheplans to celebrate by taking part in allfour of the Beyond the Ultimate races. Ifshe gets through the ballot, she willattempt to run the Grand Union Canaltwice. Mimi will actually run there fromLondon, which is 145 miles and thenrun the race, which is also 145 miles.Go Mimi you really are marvellous!GREATSUPPORTMoving Comfort’s Jubralee bra givessuperb support, whilst being verycomfortable and flattering. Love thebright pink and it provides great shape.It made my run even more enjoyable.£37 for stockists call 01903 81700924 www.runningfreemag.co.uk
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