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CARMEL — A Carmel boy has his feet on the ground and his eyes on the prize.He’s preparing to break the Guinness World Record for the youngest person to complete a 100-mile trail race.Race day is next month.100 miles in under 30 hours before he turns 13. That’s what it’s going to take for Gabriel Abbott to break the record.“I set a goal and I want to do it,' Abbott, a Clay Middle School eighth grader said. “We got to researching it.
Abbott started with running a 10K and 5K back to back, then a half marathon, and then 42 miles in 12 hours consecutively.He says it’s more than the miles. Most of it is clearing the mental hurdles.“It tells your brain ‘hey I can do this. Let’s see if I can do more,’” Abbott said. His biggest inspiration is his father, who started running ultras just a few years ago.“I learned that people run 100-milers and I was like there’s no way you can run that far. You’ll time travel.
12 Year Old Carmel Run World Record
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