Monique van der Vorst Sets World Record at Berlin Marathon

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Monique van der Vorst Sets World Record at Berlin Marathon - 9/20/2009

Monique van der Vorst wins the Berlin Marathon Team Invacare's Monique van der Vorst's winning time of 1h 18m 27s not only took 1st place but also set a world record in the women's recumbent handcycle division on September 20th at the Berlin Marathon. There was a huge field -- over 200 handcyclists total -- with the largest division of women ever assembled. After her win at the Saddler's Alaska Challenge in July, totally dominating the Dutch Nationals and taking silver at the World Championships earlier this month in Italy, Monique is now training to compete at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships on October 11th.