Fiona Oakes is the vegan queen of extremes
As a teenager, Essex Fiona Oakes underwent several surgical procedures to remove her kneecap and knee joint and was told she would never walk again:
But at the age of 48, she holds three world records, including being the fastest woman to run seven marathons on seven continents, plus the North Pole, with a total time of 31 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
BBC visited Oakes, who is also a vegan and nicknamed the “Queen of Extremes”, and shows why she was willing to walk over 240 kilometers in the Sahara.
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