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Baliga was cheered on by celebrity guests, including Deena Kastor, a women's marathon legend and past Chicago Marathon winner, who cheered her on in the final mile.

Baliga finished the marathon in an impressive three hours and 33 minutes and raised over $94,000, far exceeding her goal.

In addition to raising tens of thousands of dollars, Baliga could also become a world record holder.

She told WLS-TV she plans to submit her time to Guinness World Records, which does not currently have a record holder for the fastest marathon distance run on a treadmill by a female nor the fastest marathon run on a treadmill.

A spokeswoman for Guinness told ABC News they have not yet received Baliga's application.

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