Woman completes 100-mile race across frozen lake

Anya Eames completed four marathons in as many days to raise money for charity [Anya Eames] A British woman has arrived home after completing four marathons in as many days across a frozen Mongolian lake. Anya Eames, 51, from Frampton on Severn in Gloucestershire, had planned to skate across the lake but snowy conditions meant she was forced to run 80 of the 100 miles (160 km) of the Mongol 100 across Lake Khuvsgul. Despite contending with temperatures of -38C (-36F) and sustaining an injury in a fall while skating, Eames completed the challenge - raising more than £1,500 for charity in the process.

"It was amazing," Eames said, describing the surroundings as "so expansive, beautiful". Eames had to learn to ice skate , in her efforts to complete the challenge which raised money for the anti-knife crime charity Increase the Peace and the Great Western Air Ambulance charity. But with heavy snowfall on the lake she was forced to run the majority of the distance, which she had not trained for.

"The impact on your feet is tremendous because it's rock hard,. You've got spikes on but there's no way of training for that," she told BBC Radio Gloucestershire. "After about an hour of running my feet started to burn from the impact," she added, describing the feat as a "huge challenge".

Eames was forced to run most of the challenge after heavy snow fell [Anya Eames] "The ice skating is less physical than the running, but it was more mentally challenging for me, because you had to concentrate on where you were skating because it was quite dangerous, and I did take a bad fall," she added. While she was part of a group of other participants from around the world, camping together in teepees on the ice, most of the challenge was completed alone with support from local guides. "I could see three miles in front of me and not see anyone," Eames added.