Category: News
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An Evening with the British Spartathlon Team
(Write up by David Bone) Anyone who has ever been involved with Spartathlon knows that it consumes you. You race, crew or “follow the dots” and you want more. In a matter of days after finishing his first Spartathlon in 2017 Darren Strachan knew that he just wanted to get as many of the awesome…
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Spartathlon Qualifying Process
How to qualify for Spartathlon? So you want to run Spartathlon? Great, welcome! On the opening day of the entry system for the 2018 Spartathlon , this article will explain the qualification and entry process. Unless you already have a qualifier then it’s pretty much too late for an entry this year (the Flitch Way…
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Spartathletes on Tour
Spartathletes on Tour The British Spartathlon Team were delighted to be asked to visit the children of Orchard Meadow Primary school and give a presentation on the Legend of Pheidippides and the Spartathlon race to accompany the classes current studies on ancient history. This was tentatively arranged before this years Spartathlon event with myself (Paul…
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2017 BASEM Spartathlon Reports
With thanks to Dora Papadopoulou for putting together a superb article on the performance of the 2017 Spartathlon team for inclusion in the British Association of Sport & Medicine magazine which can be found here
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May 2017 British Spartathlon Team News
May News Update Work has been progressing behind the scenes in preparation for this year’s event and we are pleased to announce the sponsors who will be supporting the team this year. ULTRAmarathonRunningStore The ULTRAmarathonRunningStore.com is a specialist ultra running store with a range of clothing, gear and equipment selected specifically for ultra runners, both for trail running and…
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March 2017 British Spartathlon Team News
Hello, its Paul here posting the March 2017 team update. British Spartathlon Runners The draw has now been completed and the 2017 British Spartathlon runners have been announced. Congratulations to the following list of people who have secured places this year. Marco CONSANI , Nathan FLEAR , Ian HAMMETT , Cameron HUMPHRIES, John KNAPP , Dan LAWSON , Sarah MORWOOD, Fabio RIZZO CASCIO, Ali YOUNG, Ian Thomas , Jamie Holmes, Paul CORDEROY, Marcel…
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January 2017 British Spartathlon Team News
2017 Spartathlon Entries Open The 2017 Spartathlon event will take place on the 29th-30th September 2017 and entries will be open on the 20th January. Please refer to the official Spartathlon website here for further details. Details of entry standards can be found here. 2017 British Spartathlon Team Sponsorship The British Spartathlon Team are looking for…
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Announcement – John Foden
It is with deep regret that we have been made aware of the sad news that John Foden has recently passed away. The Spartathlon race aims to trace the footsteps of Pheidippides, an Athenian messenger sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. Pheidippides, according to…
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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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