Nov. 5, 2023, 7:51 a.m. ET
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Sara Hylton for The New York Times
Days before the New York City Marathon, Jenny Hoffman, a Harvard physics professor, finished a more than 3,000-mile run from San Francisco to New York City.
Hoffman, 45, set out in September to break the women’s Guinness world record for the fastest crossing of America on foot. The current record — set by Sandra Villines in 2017 — is 55 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes. On Thursday, Hoffman arrived at New York city hall in 47 days, 12 hours and 35 minutes. She must still submit her documentation and have it ratified by Guinness World Records before the record is official.
“I still have processing to do,” Hoffman said as she walked to Coney Island Beach on Friday to see the Atlantic Ocean, her children in tow. “There’s parts that still feel out of body, like ‘Who is that person who did that thing? Is that me?’”
Hoffman said she had always been intrigued by crossing the country, and had been inspired by both Villines and