Adharanand Finn
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Author of Running with the Kenyans, The Way of the Runner and The Rise of the Ultra Runners. Podcasting & hosting running retreats
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My little write up of watching the Barkley Marathons unfold from afar
#BM100
... A Hollywood thriller of a race
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Love this picture. She means business
#BM100
Barkley Marathons: Just 8 remain in the world’s toughest ultramarathon.
@JasminKParis
is currently on loop 3, as are four men - Karel Sabbe, Greig Hamilton & Thomas Dunkerbeck.
More about Jasmin 👉
📷
@howiesternphoto
#BM100
#barkleymarathons
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"Er ... Jimmy. How the fuck do we get out?"
the world’s first 360-degree infinity pool could top skyscraper in london
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132 athletes going under 15 minutes in a 5K road race in Northern Ireland. Blimey.
Henry Mcluckie ran a NEW CR 13.37 to win last night's
@Armagh5k
in a race which witnessed 17 athletes go under 14 minutes & 132 under 15 minutes!
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You just have to love
@JasminKParis
... she's running UTMB without a sponsor, travelling there by train and bus, she's not on the elite startlist ... yet she'll almost certainly be in the mix near the front ... you can follow her journey here
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This must be first time the Guardian has done a straight up race report of an ultra marathon, treating it as a sport rather than a human interest/adventure/crazy feat of endurance story >> Dauwalter smashes Western States ultramarathon record by 78 minutes
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Sub-20 CCC. That’s one incredibly tough race. Not sure how many started but at least 2,000 experienced ultra runners (maybe 3,000). So I’m happy to finish in 672nd.
#UTMB2022
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Oh my god!
#bm100
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I guess you need to know about Barkley to understand what an incredible effort it was by
@JasminKParis
to complete the Fun Run on her first attempt. She’s a very inspiring woman.
#bm100
Jasmin Paris
@JasminKParis
has finished loop 3 in 39:49:56 to complete the Fun Run.
#BM100
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Thames Path 100 flatlay. London to Oxford following the river. 100 miles. Yikes 😬
#veloforte
#precisionhydration
#centurionrunning
#thamespath100
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Killian Jornet finishing the UTMB in style … what an epic run
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What was the craziest split from Kelvin Kiptum's Chicago marathon today? Running the 22nd mile in 4:18? Running the second half of the race in 59:47? Running the 5km from 30K to 35K in 13:51? They're all insane!!
#ChicagoMarathon
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So many people on my timeline who don't normally talk about running, tweeting about Eliud Kipchoge. Seems like this run really has transcended the sport.
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Tonight I accidentally uploaded 15 seconds of me standing in my sitting room as a run on Strava. People still gave me kudos.
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This guy just ran 7 (SEVEN!) 3hr 15min marathons back to back in 24 hours. That’s proper mad running that is!
Aleksandr Sorokin has absolutely smashed the world 24hr record with over 308.8km (exact total will likely be over 309).
Simply amazing running by the world 100 mile best athlete.
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My new book The Rise of the Ultra Runners is published on May 15. It’s going to be good. Retweet for the chance to win a free review copy ...
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Trying to put
@joshuacheptege1
’s 5000m WR into context ... most people who have run
@parkrun
think my best time of 17:10 is fast, and those running under 16 minutes are superhuman. On Friday, Julian Wanders ran 13:49 ... and got lapped by Cheptegei.
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"Female ultra runners are faster than men in races over 195 miles. The longer the distance the smaller the gender pace gap. In 5Ks men run 17.9% faster, in marathon 11.1%, in 100-mile races gap shrinks to 0.25%, and over 195 miles, women are 0.6% faster."
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“The elephant in the room here is that the champions of these events are almost all East African.”
Cut short: IAAF revamp leaves distance running fans in the cold -
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Marathon runners, get your head around this. American
@zbitter
ran 100 miles this weekend in 11 hrs 19 mins. That's basically FOUR consecutive sub-3hour marathons.
#ultrarunning
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At midday tomorrow I'm running my first ultra since the UTMB in 2018. It's the Self-Transcendence 24-Hour track race in London. My goal is to enjoy it, and to run further that I did last time (89 miles or 143km). You can follow live, if you so wish, here:
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OK, I'm going to go there. If you watched the sub 2-hour marathon today and thought, wow, who is that guy, why are Kenyans so amazing at running, and such thoughts, I wrote a book about it all. It's called Running with the Kenyans. Ask your bookshop or go online.
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Interesting ... 84% of runners in the Hakone Ekiden wore Nike’s Vaporfly Next% shoes, which spells trouble for Japanese brands Asics and Mizuno:
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100 mile around a track later (in 23hs, 6 mins I believe) …
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Over 10 hours ahead of the old record! He looks a bit tired.
#spinerace
has a winner - Jack Scott with 72:55:05, smashing Jasmin Paris' record of 83:12:23 - run for the ages!
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So far we know Jasmin Paris, Courtney Dauwalter, Harvey Lewis and John Kelly are all running the Barkley Marathons, which started an hour or so ago. Who else has let it be known that they're running?
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So
@walmsleyruns
missed the 100km world record by 11 seconds, but to average sub-6 min/mile pace for 100km (62 miles) is some crazy impressive running. If you didn't see it you might not believe me, but it was exciting to watch.
#PCX2
@HOKAONEONE
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Kipchoge looked so strong at the end, I'm sure he could have gone faster. But the 2hr barrier is broken - by how much doesn't really matter. Inspiration for 40-plus runners everywhere (he's older than he says btw)
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59:45 in the SECOND HALF of a marathon! Holy shit. He looked like he was sprinting around the corners at times.
Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum runs 2:01:25 to win the 2023 London Marathon -- takes 72 seconds off Eliud Kipchoge's course record.
His half marathon splits are unbelievable: 61:40/59:45! That's the fastest second half split in any official marathon, ever.
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So so sad. This guy was just beginning and had the world at his feet. I’m totally numb at this …
World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach die in an accident along Eldoret-Kaptagat road, Kiptum's family and traffic base commandant Dennis Muga confirm.
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Waking up in the UK to the news from Barkley that last year’s winner is out, but that
@Ultra_Damo
and
@JasminKParis
were among the first to head out on loop 3
#britsatbarkley
#BM100
#exciting
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Runners legally entitled to longer lunch breaks so they can fit in a run, shower and some food. 90 mins should be enough ...
What would be in the perfect electoral manifesto for runners? Mileage-based tax discounts? More GPS satellites over UK? Free race entries?
#therunnersparty
#ukelection
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Hard to express to non ultra runners quite how impressive this is. Just 3 weeks after smashing the course record at the most prestigious ultra marathon in the US (Western States), Courtney Dauwalter smashes the record at perhaps the toughest US mountain ultra (Hardrock) …
Courtney Dauwalter (Salomon) wins the 2023 Hardrock 100 in 26:14:08, finishing 4th overall.
This shatters the women’s counterclockwise course record of 27:18:24 set by the legend Diana Finkel in 2009, and the overall women’s record of 26:44:36 that she set last year.
#HR100
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I have been reading a lot of running books lately and in an idle moment yesterday I compiled my top 20 list (not including my own, of course). No training manuals, and a couple are not strictly purely running-only books, but here goes ... (drum roll please) ...
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This guy rocks! Well done
@Ultra_Damo
What a debut Barkley Marathons journey he had! 💪
@Ultra_Damo
tapped out on the fifth - and final - loop after almost 53 hours of sleep-deprived running. Hero!
More 👉
📷
@dav1dmiller
#BM100
#barkleymarathons
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The Guardian asked me to write something about ultra running … When 26 miles just isn't enough – the phenomenal rise of the ultramarathon
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Wow ...
Congratulations to
@adharanand
who has been shortlisted for this year’s
#whsboty
for “The Rise of the Ultra Runners”.
@FaberBooks
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I had Zane Robertson on my podcast a while back (January 2022). Yesterday he got an 8-year ban for doping. Here's what happened when I asked him about doping in Kenya ...
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I'm watching the US Olympic Trials marathon and suddenly remembering why I vowed never to watch US TV coverage of a road race ever again. It's like being continuously kicked in the shins by a really annoying child. Unbelievably bad.
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Kipchoge told me a few years ago, "In the marathon, you don't drop anyone. The pace drops people." In other words, you just keep the pace high, and they'll drop
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Feel for
@Ultra_Damo
today - twice making the final loop at Barkley and losing his way each time. Can’t wait to hear his stories from this year’s historic race firsthand when he joins us on our Dartmoor retreat next month. As someone tweeted yesterday, still a legend
#BM100
Less than two months now until we get to run and hang out on a weekend retreat on Dartmoor with the ace
@Ultra_Damo
. Still a few places left ... come and join us. Full info and signup here:
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Des Linden is running around in the mountains in Chamonix this week. Tres intriguing. I love her line: “Just when I think I’ve experienced everything in running, a whole new world opens. No ego here, excited to learn.”
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In other interesting running news, Yuki Kawauchi finished his last day as an office worker today. The famous Japanese 'Citizen Runner' (and current Boston marathon champion) becomes a professional athlete from Monday. Will he get faster now?
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If all three finish loop 4 together, does that mean two of them will get to do the final loop together, while the other has to go off the opposite way alone?
#bm100
Who has the rule book?
Albert Herrero Casas, John Kelly
@RndmForestRunnr
, and Damian Hall finished loop three in 32:03:59, 04:01, 04:03, respectively.
#BM100
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I've only gone and launched a podcast. Called The Way of the Runner, it's on all the usual platforms. First guest is the great
@ronnieo147
... fastest snooker player in the Met cross country league. Here's the Apple Podcasts link: (Please share!)
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Some fascinating insight into the recent, amazing, crazy
#backyardultra
by multi-day ultra runner Bob Hearn (who isn’t on X).
(Taken from Bob’s Facebook post.)
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I wasn't sure I'd go back, but looks like I'm running the CCC in Chamonix in August. Gulp. Time to do some hill work.
#utmb
#ultrarunning
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It was grey, windy and rainy this afternoon. Type of weather Brits and weathermen usually call ‘miserable’. So I went out for a run on the trails. And of course, it was bloody wonderful. I think it may even be my favourite running weather.
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Piers Morgan is like a character from a Ghibli animation, getting fatter and fatter off all the trolling he's gorging himself on, until one day he will just explode in a grotesque mess, and underneath will be this sad little, whimpering old man in his underpants.
Winning is never dull. Keely ran very well but lost to a girl who is three months younger than her, and I would hope she sees that defeat as a challenge rather than a cause for celebration.
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“I think I was just telling myself ‘if you don’t finish it now, you’ll have to do it again’.”
#bm100
#jasminparis
"Everything was screaming for oxygen... and then I guess I thought I’ll either pass out or I’ll finish."
@JasminKParis
on that dramatic
#BarkleyMarathons
finale.
(with thanks to the Singletrack podcast and the BBC)
#BM100
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Getting rid of Diamond League distance races re-enforces huge disconnect between the millions of people who run (almost all 5K and above), and the few who are fans of track/running as an elite sport. Surely
@iaaforg
should be trying to connect the two?
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Yesterday I ran the 111km Nice Cote D’uzur by UTMB and it was one of the most challenging races I’ve done, due to the heavy rain that made already perilous mountain trails into treacherous mudslides in places.
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Last week I watched this 19-year-old training in Iten. Today he ran the fastest 10K time ever on American soil to break the Peachtree record in an unofficial 27:01!. Remember the name: Rhonex Kipruto.
#peachtree10k
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His consistent brilliance over so many years and so many marathons is mind blowing. He even took a wrong turn at one point in Tokyo and still ran 2:02.
𝗡𝗢 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 🧡
Eliud Kipchoge wins the Tokyo Marathon in a new course record of 2:02:40 min! 🤯
#AimingForTheStars
⭐️
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It’s still going to be tough for anyone to finish the Barkley this year, but with daylight coming and the adrenaline boost of knowing you’re on the final loop, it’s still possible for all six
#bm100
All 6 contenders will now have to complete their final loop in less time than loop 4 to complete inside 60 hours. A very tough ask.
#bm100
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Introducing Francis Bowen, who will become possibly the fastest marathon runner (2:08:01) ever to attempt an ultra marathon when he runs the Wendover Woods 50 (miles) on Saturday
#ultrarunning
#wendoverwoods50
#theriseoftheultrarunners
#inov8
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Ultra running … 100km trail race
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I’m halfway through this new tome by the ace
@richardaskwith
and I’m loving it … entertaining, fascinating and, as a runner in my late 40s, incredibly inspiring (though as he points out, we’re all getting older) …
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This guy is otherworldly … ran his debut marathon in 2:01 less than a year ago. Then cruised to victory (again in 2:01) in the London marathon. And now this. From what planet did he come?
WORLD RECORD 🤯
🇰🇪's Kelvin Kiptum destroys the marathon world record* at the
@ChiMarathon
with 2:00:35 😵
He becomes the first man in history to break 2:01.
*Subject to the usual ratification procedures
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May just be me, but ... seems every track race recently has been met online with "the sport is a joke", "no testing in lockdown", "farcical" etc, and then the nice northern European boy goes and runs an incredible race and everyone is "wow", "amazing", "breath of fresh air" etc.
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Short update: I made it to Oxford. Knackered now. 100 miles is a LONG way. I started off steady (for me) for a change - I was 158th at the 1st checkpoint - and just kept chugging on. Finished in 69th, in 22hrs 37mins, a new 100-mile PB (and a course diversion made it 102 miles).
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Absolute scenes! Go
@Ultra_Damo
! Go
@JasminKParis
! (I’m a bit behind, I know, but just catching up mid school run.)
#bm100
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Oh man, this would be something. Sign him up
@ComradesRace
!
“After leaving the marathon, I want to run the ultramarathons, just to feel how it is. Running for more than 4 or 5 days. Or even run at once for 70 kilometers. I really want to feel the pain of running for a long time.” ~Eliud Kipchoge, Ep. 178 of The Training For Ultra Podcast
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Watching the London marathon on
@BBCSport
and can't help thinking it would make it so much more interesting if we had a leaderboard graphic on screen somewhere. We can see the two leaders, but to the casual viewer, the others are just people running in circles. Wouldn't be hard.
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"If Kipchoge puts down a break, hopefully I can stay with it." Young
@JakeSmith_run
is a road running sensation. Having made a stir at the World Half (running 60:31), he then 'accidentally' finished a marathon he was pacing in 2:11. Check out our chat:
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Casual
#fridayflashback
to the day the great
@EliudKipchoge
asked me to sign his copy of The Way of the Runner. He has achieved a lot since then. Just saying.
#Londonmarathon2020
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Remind me, how many years is it since someone actually finished this race? Four? Five?
#bm100
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Planning a big run tomorrow. The John Musgrave Trail in south Devon. 35 miles, with 6,000ft of ascent. I haven't run anything over 20 miles since UTMB 2018, so this should be fun.
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I got asked to write this this morning. I might have mentioned that I run ultra marathons and stuff ... Why do people think 41 is too old to exercise? It’s a perfect time to start
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7:54 is a pretty decent pace for one mile. But two miles 🤯
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That’s damn fast in Wellies …
This guy obtained a Guinness World Record at Sundays London Marathon. He ran a 2:56:38……. in a pair of GUM BOOTS!!!
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Running book collection set up ready for my running & writing retreat this weekend with
@richardaskwith
. What books am I missing?
#thewayoftherunner
#writingretreat
#runningretreat
#runningandwriting
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Yuki is a fighter. The ultimate fighter. I guess he was just waiting for a day when everyone else would find it too tough out there. Amazing guy with an amazing story. And now this. The legend is complete
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The
@Garmin
outage is so strange, it's like a whole company has just ceased to exist. Its service has been down for almost two days now, yet no replies to anything on Twitter, its call centre closed. It's like the beginning of movie. What will be next?! (Cue dramatic music…)
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Yesterday I ran 100km (62 miles) through mountains in California. Man what a trip. Just over 12 hours of running. 77th out of 400
#Miwok100k
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Amazing! Sorokin has just run 100km in just over 6 hours to set a new world record. That's 5.53 min/mile pace, for 100km. Hard to get your head around!
The world’s best male and female road/track ultra runners together before race day … in Bedford! The
@centurionrunner
100-mile track race tomorrow will be epic …
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So I went back to run 24 hours around a track. Why would I do that? This week's Monday musings newsletter (no paywall) tells the story >> Chasing 100 miles
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My daughter is going to school on world book day as herself. "I'm in those stupid books you wrote," she said to me.
#truestory
#WorldBookDay
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News of my demise at
@LavaredoUT
has been greatly exaggerated. Tracker stopped working for some reason, but had my best ultra yet, finishing in 21:30 (a 24 min last 5K!) Beautiful but really tough 119km ultra race, especially the last 40km!!
@KieranAlger
you owe me a pint 😀
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Someone on the radio this morning saying they're non-binary. "I've always felt this way. Growing up I used to love climbing trees and other boy things." Why do people think like this? Climbing trees is not a boy thing. There's nothing non-binary about a girl who climbs trees.
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Nice New York Times profile of
@walmsleyruns
... Can the King of Ultrarunning Conquer a Race as Short as the Marathon?
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Pictures of the first four runners to complete loop 1 looking pretty happy. Though that was loop 1, in daylight, and in nice conditions. End of loop 2 will look a lot less fun I'm sure ...
#bm100
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A bit late to the party but I just watched Unbreakable - about the 2010 Western States 100. Epic race, great storytelling. Did Anton Krupicka ever put his top back on? Kilian - so young, so unknown, such tight shorts! And whatever happened to Geoff Roes?
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My piece on
@runcamille
for
@TelegraphSport
... 'I puked, fouled myself and collapsed - it was great': Meet the record-breaking ultra marathon runner fuelled by beer and burritos
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Runners of America, my book is out in your fair land today! Go get it!
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It felt like we were running through a dream this morning.
#running
#mistymorning
#trailrunning
#runninginthewoods
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Somewhere in the US, a group of 75 people started running 4.1 miles on the hour, every hour. Just short of 4 days - of running 4.1 miles EVERY hour - 8 runners are still going. Closing in on 400 miles run in total! The race continues until only 1 person is left.
#backyardultra
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It’s on ... Kenenisa Bekele to face Eliud Kipchoge in London Marathon for the ages
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Ah shucks. So close again. Incredible effort
@Ultra_Damo
Damian Hall
@Ultra_Damo
came in from the wrong direction after not completing loop five of the
#BM100
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If you need a book to read, you can buy any of mine directly from me, and I'll even sign them and write you a dedication too. I think Amazon are making enough money right now and will cope. To inquire, drop me an email adharanand
@gmail
.com. I have some in other languages too.
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I got to hear Ken Bruce attempting to say my name on Radio 2 this morning after my mum and dad did me a birthday request. To be fair to him, he gave it a decent go. Anyway, yeah, it's my birthday.
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After 16 years, today is my last day as a staff subeditor at the Guardian. I shed a tear or two at my virtual banging out - I'm going to miss all my wonderful and brilliant colleagues.
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So many people on my Facebook feed (all white) seem to be struggling with the Black Lives Movement, and are contorting themselves in a 100 ways to find fault with it. It's really sad to see. So little acceptance that this moment is long overdue.
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Chatting with my son last night, who is 10, and I asked him who he thought was the most famous person in the world. After thinking about it, he said: "Donald Trump. But the most famous good person is probably Usain Bolt."
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So I didn’t win the William Hill Sports Book of the Year today, but I did get to stand next to a giant copy of my book. It’s the second time I’ve made the shortlist and the second time I’ve been beaten by a man named Hamilton ... hmmm, is that like seeing a black cat twice?
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After 26 miles hard running. Respect.
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