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Jay MacDonald
Runners Information Your Name: Jay MacDonald Occupation: Digital Product Manager Home Town: Abbots Langley Runners Questions What is your running background? I ran London Marathon in 2008, 2009 & 2010 but with absolutely nothing in between … It was probably in 2010 when I started to get into running a bit more seriously. I…
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Marcel McKinley
Runners Information Your Name: Marcel Occupation: Zookeeper Home Town: I live in Watford, but my nationality is Hungarian. Website/Blog: https://monkeymarcel.wordpress.com/ What is your running background? I have been running since high school. I finished my first marathon in 2009 and my first ultra just a couple of years later. When did you first start running…
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Kirsty Williams
Runners Information Your Name: Kirsty Williams Occupation: Automotive Technical Specialist Home Town: Chelmsford Runners Questions What is your running background? Started running in 2007, because I was worried I was getting old and unfit. Started running 1km laps round the park, while my son played on the skate ramps. When did you first start…
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Laurence Chownsmith
Runners Information Your Name: Laurence Chownsmith Occupation: National sales Manager REHAU Ltd Home Town: Windsor Runners Questions What is your running background? Running for 30+ years , mainly half and full marathons. When did you first start running Ultra marathons and why? Ran the Windsor half marathon on a whim, though also thought the training…
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Cameron Humphries
Runners Profile Your Name: Cameron Humphries Occupation: Restaurant Management Home Town: Colchester now living in London Website/Blog: https://whatwillcamdonext.wordpress.com Runners Questions What is your running background? I was an ok runner at school and college but nothing special, once I went to Reading Uni at 18 exercise took a backseat and going out 5 times a…
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John Knapp
Runners Information Name: John Knapp Home Town: Lancaster What is your running background? Ran a bit of cross country at school and the Bolton Marathon in 1983. Didn’t do a lot then until discovering Triathlon in Australia in the early 90s. It took 20 years to accept my swimming would never get any quicker and…
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Darren Strachan
Runners Profile Your Name: Darren Strachan Occupation: IT Consultant Home Town: Finsbury Park, London Running Background What is your running background? I was a very keen cyclist in my youth in Scotland and not really into running at all. Going to university kind of destroyed my cycling mojo and when I moved south for work it was all…
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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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Marco Consani
Your Name: Marco Consani Occupation: Senior IT System Analyst Home Town: Glasgow Twitter Account: @mconsani Runners Questions What is your running background? I started off running on roads as a way of keeping fit for hillwalking on the Scottish hills. This became more competitive as I started to run in Half marathons and 10k’s and…
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Nathan Flear
Your Name: Nathan Flear Occupation: My background is in Sales & Marketing although recent work has been more running/fitness focussed, including setting up a running magazine, coaching, personal training software, and Race events. Home Town: Swansea Twitter Account: @ultrarunneruk Website/Blog: www.nathanflear.co.uk Runners Questions What is your running background? I don’t really have much of…