Braving wild dogs and hypothermia – athlete broke an ultra marathon record

Last year, Barbu became the first person to finish the Beyond the Ultimate (BTU) Global Race Series in one calendar year — running 940 kilometers in four races across hostile and remote terrain in the Arctic, jungle, mountains and desert in self-sufficient, multi-stage ultra-marathons. She also completed BTU’s two other races, in the Kenyan wilderness and the Scottish Highlands, also making her the first person to finish all six BTU races in a year, and covering more than 800 miles.