Elizabeth Pehota, a former Fairfield resident who has multiple sclerosis, broke the Guinness Book of World Records record for the fastest female marathon runner with MS Sunday at the Chicago Marathon.

Pehota, a former Boston Celtics cheerleader who grew up in Fairfield but now lives in Boston, finished the race in 3 hours, 12 minutes, 13 seconds, crushing the former record set in the spring by Juliane Keane at London Marathon of 3:53:02.

“I’m so proud of how it worked out,” said Pehota, 32. “The marathon was great, start to finish. I was a little nervous because I wasn’t feeling well the day before, so I wasn’t sure how I was going to execute but it came together so well. We ran even splits.

“It felt like we were making such a difference. I spoke at the MS Society team dinner (befo

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