Yolanda Holder Professional Ultra Marathon Walker 2 time Guinness World Record

Yolanda Holder is a professional Ultra Marathon Walker and a 2-time GuinnessWorld Record holder for “Most Marathons Completed in a Calendar Year”,finishing a staggering 106 marathons/ultras in 2010 and breaking her own record in2012 finishing 120 marathons/ultras. Yolanda is the first African American to Runor Walk over 100 marathons in a calendar year and the first woman in the world toever do it twice. Yolanda’s accomplishments are amazing, at the 2017 SriChinmony Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race she set a World Record firstPedestrian (walker) finishing in 51 Days, 17 hours and 13 seconds and at the 2014Ultra Marathon USA & World Championship in Anchorage Alaska met her goal ofpower walking 400 miles in the Six Day event placing 3rd female and 10th overall.Yolanda is a finisher of four Six Day Races podium on all four and the AmericanWoman Record holder 10 Day Race with 622 Miles. She has power walker over540 lifetime marathons/ultras.What’s special and close to her heart is “Extreme Walk 4 Diabetes” an annualevent she founded in honor of her parents. Her purpose in life is to inspire andmotivate everyone to take care of their heath by walking 30 minutes a day.Yolanda is also a wife, mother of two grown children, inspirational speaker andauthor.