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From 300 lbs to 100K races: How this mom of 4 took up ultramarathons | Globalnews.ca

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Jessica McBride dropped 300 pounds after the birth of her third child in 2015 .

The 33-year-old mother-of-four dropped half her body weight in half a year .

After dropping the weight, she took up running and took part in marathons and races.

Next month , McBride will represent Canada at the International Association of Ultrunununarners World Championship .

It's in Bangalore , a tropical city in southern India where the average daytime temperature in December ranges from a high of 27 C to a low of 16 C, plus a relative humidity of around 55 per cent.

The Association of Canadian Ultramarathon Runners has provided her with protocols for acclimatizing to a hot climate.

“I promised myself before I was 40 , I would run for my country. And I have made it. I will be 33 years old .”.

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