A SUPERFIT mum is aiming to be the first female double amputee to take on a brutal endurance craze.
Debbie McQuat, 52, has set her sights on tackling the Hyrox challenge — combining eight 1k runs with punishing physical tests.
Debbie had four toes amputated and wears a prosthetic leg[/caption]
Hyrox is known to push even the fittest to their limits[/caption]
Participants run 8k interspersed with sled pushes and pulls[/caption]
The identical twin, who scaled Ben Nevis in 14 hours in 2021, was born with her lower right arm and leg missing due to complications in the womb.
She is now taking on Britain’s fastest-growing sport along with hundreds of others in Glasgow this weekend.
Debbie, of Stevenston, Ayrshire — who had four toes amputated and wears a prosthetic leg — said: “I’m quite nervous about it, but excited.
“At the gym you always hear about this Hyrox challenge and how absolutely brutal it is.
“So I thought, ‘Why not’. To be the first female double amputee to do it is something I’m proud of.”
Hyrox is known to push even the fittest to their limits.
Participants run 8k interspersed with sled pushes and pulls, burpee jumps, rowing and skiing on a machine.
They also lug two 16kg kettlebells 200 metres, do lunges with sandbags and lob a 4kg ball against a target 100 times.
Debbie said: “I’m sure I’ll be in bits when I finish. There will tears and aches and pains. But it will be worth it.
“We spend far too much time thinking negatively on what we can’t do. I like to focus on what we can do.
“You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.”
The three-day Hyrox event kicks off tomorrow at the SEC.
