Hyderabad, March 8 -- For Ajmer-born woman Sufiya Sufi Khan, creating Guinness Book records has become an annual affair. She has so far created five records and although she is now in her late 30s, she is showing no signs of slowing down. She belongs to that rare breed of ultramarathon runners who have the courage, determination and stamina to run hundreds of kilometers on each adventure.

The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed her as the fastest runner to run across Qatar (north to south), covering a distance of 200 kilometers in 30 hours and 31 minutes. The well-known publication also has credited her with the Most Marathons Run in a Calendar Year by a Woman, in 2018.

High mountains and oxygen-starved altitudes do not deter her. ...