local hero becca is coming home after running at seven marathons in seven days on seven continents and not only did she complete the world marathon challenge she actually wind it in the women's division and she was the first u s female to finish this race so we can't wait to see backa and walk on her home and cheer her on so we've got a crowd out here  people have turned out to to come and celebrate baca so we're looking forward to her arrival pretty soon now so much for being here today i know this is a wonderful day for you all tell me a little bit about i know you're one of the sponsors of becca's right due to being able to do this challenge so tell me a little bit about how you got involved will about a putting every one of her successes on our website so we could follow our mandate and the buzz in time was just getting bigger and bigger and bigger and the kids were talk on the moms and dads are talking and so that we said well exactly now rather than just sort of slipping in after going to leaving sydney and coming back to school but ice cream again and being a day care person you know this extends it and next weekend we're having a big program in the schools where she's going to have all the participate in this and take this on and actually win the challenge for the women's division is just unbelievable so we feel really fortunate to be a part of this and i know when i interviewed baca daring to dream she said the main reason she wanted to do this is to be able to inspire her daughter particularly but everyone and just give people the hope that they can do anything i mean that was one of her motto is anything is possible and it's just it's wonderful to have that example of someone who has really followed their dreams and achieved them and i know now she is so excited and this is going to be such a  welcome home for her i believe she arrived back in the united states yesterday oh my gosh there are a lot of people here the crowds are still coming through  and we see signs here  exactly i mean just the idea of being able to write seven marathons in seven days while traveling to seven different continents is mind blowing you know i just walked all the way down to the high school back and i'm tired yeah we're proud to be a part of this it was such a pleasure to be able to talk to baca before she left for her challenge  a lot of kids also much what i saw coming down conquer a great many kids which is wonderful because again this is such an inspiration for her kids her girls her women who have injuries have it's exciting to have a local hero can tell she is so excit thank you so much i got my high school marching band i get it's an amazing day for belmont it's amazing day for all of us to celebrate with back our safe and very successful return and state representative david rogers and we'll be making a few comments in a few moments so three weeks ago in this building we had a sendoff for baca and i had better for the first well i'm going to run maybe fifteen or twenty minutes slower than i usually run to make up for the fact that i'm doing seven miles on seven continents in seven days and you know what that's exactly what she did she averaged three fifty five and everybody talks about the fact that she was the top woman and beat a woman's time of all history she be but she was number three overall the twenty five thousand miles and you know frankly just flying seven continents and seven days would have been extraordinary but they stopped the run a little bit in the total laps miles they ran the equivalent of running from boston to new york city which is a long run you know is really a long run but becca we are thrilled that you did and we're thrilled that you brought us brought us back and brought yourself back safely and what i said to you the first time is you that when you finish this is going to be a red letter day a red letter day is a very special day in your life the first the first child the graduate from college the marriage all red letter days and you had seven red letter days but what's important is you're sharing your fabulous red letter day with twenty thousand people in your hometown and we really appreciate that very much and again we're very happy to have you back the bank is very happy to be a could be in or for this and perhaps the most extraordinary by product of your amazing success is that there is no reason in the world why any child any young girl any young boy who's faced with a challenge having watched when you done won't just say i can do that i can do that because they can look at you and see what you've done as a regular person you've just such an amazing thing so so what you've got is great for you but it's even greater for all of the young people here who will face challenges and now honestly be able to say i can do this thank you very much the first thing one told bacco was she looked like she lost weight and i guess seven marathons will do that becca has performed an outstanding feat of physical and mental endorsements to illustrate that i just want to place a few things in context that qur'an seven marathons in seven consecutive days that's more than one hundred eighty miles in just seven days the seven marathons work in seven different continents imagine the effects of changes in the time zones and jetlag each marathon was run in a dramatically different environment for example and the end are to come air i thought was right and frigid winter type weather conditions contrast that with dubai which is basically built up desert the miami marathon was at sea level but the chilly marathon was run at a level of almost fifteen thousand feet above sea level it becomes very difficult to breathe and for the body to absorb to absorb oxygen at that altitude to just run a marathon and to finish under such challenging conditions is remarkable but back to finish first in the women's division in your honor the board of selectmen has prepared a proclamation for you which will be presented to you at the special town meeting on monday but we are going to preview it here this afternoon and select her friends is a fixture of the beaumont community as a resident graduate of the local schools and manager of local business and we're out between jittery twenty third two thousand and sixteen in general at thirty two thousand and sixteen b successfully completed the world marathon challenge a grueling challenge that includes seven marathons and seven different continents over a period of just seven days and whereas becker is the first woman from the united states of america to successfully complete successfully complete the world marathon challenge she did so in record time and place first among all the women competing with a total time of twenty seven hours twenty six minutes and fifteen seconds and we are as the accomplishment has been a source of pride for the to bomb on its residents and other members of our community many of whom we have known supported dr for years and whereas becker's accomplishments took her to antartica chile florida spain rocco dubois and australia and many of the backer and watch from afar and whereas many of the burma community have not yet had a chance a person we can gradually factor on our outstanding accomplishment as a result there was a welcome home ceremony of course today on thursday for every for two thousand and sixteen now let me introduce state representative dave rogers who presented a citation on behalf of the senate and the house representatives thank you all back congratulations you're an inspiration not only to belmont but to the entire commonwealth of massachusetts and to the united states of america enjoy the the am i the only one of your today who feels a little bit like an underachiever would i don't know i got to step up my game we are going to step up our game i guess but this is beyond words there are no words that could do justice to what you've accomplished is beyond imagining and i'm thrilled to be here and i have a citation to you as i said the entire state is taking notice so i have a citation from the house of representatives and it says here by known to all the massachusetts house of representatives offers its sincere is congratulations to back  recognition of you are truly remarkable achievement of being the first american woman and fastest woman in history to complete the seven marathons the entire membership of the house of representatives extends its very best wishes to you and expresses the hope for a future good fortune and continued success in all endeavors congratulations  recognition of your stunning accomplishment as the two thousand and sixteen women's world marathon challenge champion seven marathons one seven continents in seven days the question is what did you eat along the way airplane in the airplane business what we had just where did you sleep on an airplane has a question here the most challenging what was the most challenging race and why you drink in morocco within twelve hours of each other so essentially we were running two marathons within twelve hours and then there was that my other challenge was aired out of the temperatures negative four degrees so that was that was tough for me other questions yes minus like oh zero yes in the back i did you feel after your last race happy to be time yes this lady here good question i guess i just learned how to run on tired legs and i got used to getting comfortable uncomfortable so yeah i would question the gentleman with the red hat what gear did you wear when you were running in antarctica i wore the summit series jacket that kept me very warm yes this lady