Sarah beats the bug and completes the famous Boston Marathon in style.

By Don Hale


*Pictured above - Sarah Ferguson Hudson at the finish of her marathon.

Sarah beats the bug and completes the famous Boston Marathon in style...

Report by Don Hale.

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com


North Wales Road Runner Sarah Ferguson Hudson has finally completed a lifelong ambition to take part in the famous Boston Marathon in America.

The popular ultra-distance veteran runner who had to overcome illness last week battled her way around this challenging course to record an excellent time of 3 hours 59 minutes and 27 seconds. 

Sarah was absolutely delighted to dip under the four-hour mark and after her race she confirmed: “I am over the moon after my bug last week! Had to cling on for dear life to get that! It was super-hot too, and hilly but such an amazing experience. I Loved it!

“Still can’t quite believe that I have run the Boston Marathon, Crazy! I need to work on shorter runs again now and will try and pick up some pace again. Way off my marathon PB pace, but I think that’s all the ultras/marathons last year catching up, but in saying that, I have a 50k ultra in 4 weeks.” 






Don Hale is a former award winning investigative journalist and now a best-selling author who has created a very popular blog post linked to numerous social media sites. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025.

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