April 9 (UPI) -- An Arkansas athlete donned 55 T-shirts and ran a half marathon to break a Guinness World Record and celebrate her weight loss journey.

Meredith Smith ran the Fort Smith Half Marathon on March 30, 2025, while wearing her 55 layers of shirts, and Guinness World Records has now confirmed she earned the title for the most T-shirts worn during a half marathon (female).

Smith finished with a time of under 3 hours and 30 minutes.

"Completing a running record was particularly special to me, as I would not have thought it possible when I began running in 2013 as a way to lose weight," Smith told Guinness World Records. "Trying to set this record by adding weight back on to my body via T-shirts was like stepping back into my own shoes to physically see how far I've come."