Deanna Blegg never backs down from a challenge. Over the years the Australian has competed in both individual and team adventure races at the elite level all over the world. But none of these exhausting endurance tests compare to an even bigger battle – her fight with HIV. It was while travelling through Britain at the age of 24 that she found out she'd contracted it. In an interview with The Age last year Deanna said the prognosis was the worst it could possibly be. Deanna Blegg's battle with HIV has driven her on to greater things She was given only five years to live. Feeling devastated and a long, long way from home, all she felt was a sense of shame and isolation.
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Superfit Blegg's world fell apart when she was diagnosed with HIV in 1994
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Despite feelings of shame and despair she refused to be disheartened
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The 45-year-old now runs in some of the world's toughest endurance races
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Last week she finished the World’s Toughest Mudder 24-hour event
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'Obstacle racing attracts an incredible amount of women,' she says
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