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UltraNews
This section includes ultra running news and news of 100km
Association events and it's members as well as general athletics/running news.
We also publish our very own newsletter
The Mercury
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October |
100km Association
president, Geoff Oliver storm through teh age records (to be ratified)
at the Tooting 24 hour race.
Read more
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September edition of The Mercury published |
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April edition of the Mercury published |
| 26th April |
Geoff Oliver was first over 75 in FLM
with a time of 3-34-48. Running to raise money for SSAFA. |
| 21st April |
New running book Born to Run. Chris McDougall, a writer at
large for Runner’s World and an Ultramarathoner, has a new book out
about running. What sets his book apart from all the rest out there is a
unique story about the best (and most reclusive) Ultrarunners in the
world, how he came to compete with them, in a 50 mile race, on their
terrain - the almost impenetrable Barrancas del Cobre, Mexico’s Copper
canyons – and the way it transformed not only his running but his whole
outlook on the reason we are inspired to run. Chris had heard the tales
about the Tarahumara, a tribe of Mexican Indians who are reputed to be
the best distance runners in the world. In 1993 one of them won a
prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals – and he was
fifty-seven years old. So he set out to find them, and to discover their
secrets, during the search he encountered some remarkable characters
from the world of Ultra Trail Running, and by the end of it had
transformed himself from a guy who struggled to run a few miles without
getting injured into a proper Ultrarunner. He also discovered that
contrary to what your doctor might say, humans are made for Ultrarunning.
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England Athletics Hall of Fame is to honour those
people who have made an outstanding contribution to the sport of
athletics in England. The first inductions to the Hall of Fame were made
in a ceremony on Saturday 18 October 2008. As well as athletes three
other people were also inducted for their services to the sport of
athletics. more details at
www.englandathletics.org/hall-of-fame.
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Croft 6 day
Challenge
Sharon Gayter has pulled
out of her world record attempt at the 6 day record. The 6 day event is
the first to take place in the UK since 1984 and had attracted a small
field or runners. Sharon pulled out on day 3 with a stress injury to her
shin after covering 140 miles up to the end of the second day.
100km Association member attempt the 6 day record
9th February:
It has been 25 years since the last six day race took place in the UK
and Sharon Gayter began a quest to set a new record at the Crofts race
track in Darlington.
Sharon states:
"My schedule is a punishing one, the target is a new British Record and
then push on for an attempt at the World Record. 820km is around 510
miles and that means an average in excess of 85 miles (136km) a day. The
schedule is set to cover over 100 miles on the first day and settle in
around the 80 miles (130km) a day and pull this up to 90 miles on the
last day by running through the night without any sleep, planned sleep
on other nights is for less than 4 hours."
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The "French Ultra Festival" of Antibes, it is the
ultramarathon on the French Riviera... the sport and the sea combined.
From 7 till 13 June 2009 in a magnificent place underneath the fortress
Fort Carré dominating the harbour of Antibes, three races will be for
the program, one 6 days, one 48:00 am and one 12:00 pm. These events are
opened to the runners and to the walkers.
In Antibes, no need for a certain performance level to be able to
participate, everyone arrives with different desires and hopes, each one
on its level, each one with its challenge. It is important that this
happens in a mood of conviviality, mutual assistance and discovery of
all participants.
For any information :
www.6jours-antibes.fr
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England Athletics Newsletter "Setting
the Pace" winter 2008-09 published |
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There will be two ultra distance races during the Championships; a 100k
road race and a 24-hour race.
Details on the new
Commonwealth Games website.
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Ron Hindley,
Founder of the 100km Association |
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