Sophie Woods is an ultra-runner from New Zealand. She completed a massivemassive/ˈmæsɪv/L2巨大的；大量的very large in size, amount, or number challenge: running 2,000 kilometers across the Alps in only 29 days. This broke the recordrecord/ˈrekərd/L2记录；记载the best or highest level ever achieved, especially in sports for the Via Alpina, which is one of the toughest running routes in the world. The path has an elevation gain equal to climbing Mount Everest twelve times, and she ran through eight countries from Italy to Monaco. "I am ecstatic but knackeredknackered/ˈnæk.əd/L1非常累的，筋疲力尽的very tired," she told the BBC.
However, the run was very difficult. Woods and her team battled heatwaves, storms, and wildfires. The fires made the path dangerous, so she took a detourdetour/ˈdiːtʊr/L2绕行路线；迂回a longer route taken to avoid something or visit somewhere that added five kilometers and 200 meters of difficult climbing. She slept very little during the last days, sometimes only two hours a night. Her husband and a friend supported her, and she ate pasta and energy gels for fuel.
The previous recordrecord/ˈrekərd/L2记录；记载the best or highest level ever achieved, especially in sports for this route was 35 days. As a result, Woods finished six days faster than that. Now that the run is over, she plans to rest. She feels very happy to have finished the race. She will spend time on the couch watching Netflix and eat some vegetables.
