Author: British Spartathlon Team
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2016 British Spartathlon Team Update
Update courtesy of James Ellis. And we have ourselves a winner! Not of Spartathlon of course… it’s been 21 years since James Zarei was first to kiss the foot of Leonidas (although Dan Lawson came mighty close last year with a second place finish). But Ian Thomas absolutely smashed the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Race at the…
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2016 British Spartathlon Team Update
The 2016 Spartathlon event is getting closer and closer now and hopefully everyone’s training has been going well. A huge thank you to all of our sponsors including Ultramarathon Running Store, Oyster Wealth Management, Altas Running, Lynchpin Media, all about the story, Tailwind UK and Race Drone Tracking for supporting the 2016 British Spartathlon Team. The…
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2016 British Spartathlon Team – May Newsletter
Payment Deadline Approaches! The next big cut off for those in the team is coming up – payment! If you’ve not already sent your race fee to the organisers, now is the time to do it. The cut-off date is May 31 – but please take into account that international transfers can take a few…
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Duncan Cornish
Occupation: Civil Servant Home Town: Originally from Exeter in Devon but now reside in Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Runners Questions What is your running background? Retired from all sport around 15 . Never was a runner at school. Took up running in 2006 when cajoled into running a 10k for charity. When did you…
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James Poole
Your Name: James Poole Occupation: Sports marketing and consultancy Home Town: London Twitter Account: @The_Poolester, @adventrunning Website/Blog: www.adventrunning.com, www.ar-endurancesports.com Runners Questions What is your running background? I began running back in school and was a member of Havant AC in my formative years. However, I was also something of a late bloomer and struggled to get…
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Jim Rogers
Your Name: Jim Rogers Occupation: University Lecturer Home Town: Hull Twitter Account: 24hourrunner Runners Questions What is your running background? Took up running in the year after the first London marathon in 1981. Had many years of running road marathons then got into fell running and trail running. Completed a lot of long distance trail and…
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Paul Rowlinson
Your Name: Paul Rowlinson Occupation: Media Exec Home Town: Wimbledon Twitter Account: @PaulRowlinson Runners Questions What is your running background? Middle distance and cross country as a kid, then nothing whilst I played footy and cricket until my mid 30s. Ran my first London marathon in fancy dress (full cricket kit, including pads) in 2007 aged…
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Sophie Power
Runners Questions Name Sophie Power Occupation I run Airlabs, a start-up with a technology that cleans polluted air in cities Home Town London Twitter @ultra_sophie What is your running background? When did you first start running Ultra marathons and why?. I was never sporty as a kid (memorably I was second last in the mile…
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