What is the sentence for you, which helps you keep on track? What would you do, if you have to run another 3 kilometers next to an unlit scarp after 159 kilometer running? Szilvia's attitude is exemplary: as an ultramarathon runner, she enters on races longer than 42195 meter. Regularly. This heroical accomplishment comes so far naturally for her. What is it that motivates her to reach this extraordinary accomplishment? "If we have a dream, we have to work for it every day, and the success actually depends on whether we persevere when others have given up".

Lubics Szilvia lives in Nagykanizsa (Hungary), she is a 42 year old ultramarathon runner: the lover of long distance running and ultramarathons. She is believed to be the most persistent runner among women, she won the UltraBalaton race two times, the 245,3 kilometer long Spartathlon three times and gain the bronz medal two times, she is a six-times hungarian champion, multiple times hungarian national athlete, national record-holder and course record-holder. The ultramarathon runner obtained her diploma as a dentist at the University of Pécs, she practicing in a little town and she has three children. She is a member in several clubs, like the Club of the Obsessed Mindeds, she is an honorary citizen in Zala county, and she has received the award for making Nagykanizsa town's sportlife better. She has also received the Hungarian Legion of Honour in January 2016.

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