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Achievements
I’ve competed in over 200 races in the past 10 years and only once have I ever Did Not Finished (DNFd). Not bad considering I only started running at the age of 28.
- 2nd Richtersveld WildRun 2016 (200kms, 5 days)
- 3rd Iznik Ultra 80k 2016
- 4th= Heroes Ultra (97 miles) 2016
- Finisher Ecotrail de Paris 2015
- Finisher GODZone Adventure Race, Chapter 3 2014
- Finisher Dragon’s Back Race 2015
- Finisher Transvulcania Ultra 2015
- Finisher Material Island Ultra Trail 2015
- Finisher OtillO Swim Run World Championships 2014
- Bill Rowen Medal – Comrades Marathon 2013
- 7 x sub 3-hr marathons with a PB of 2:49
- 173rd in 31hrs34mins, Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc 2013 (168kms/9,600m of ascent)
- 15th Overall in Marathon des Sables 2013 (3rd British Finisher & the 5th highest placing by a Brit in history at that time)
- Top British Finisher (21st overall), Marathon des Sables 2011
- 2nd, Race to the Stones (100km)
- 2nd, Jungle Ultra 2012, 230kms across the Amazon in Peru
- 3rd, Highland Perthshire Marathon 2012
- Finisher Deloitte Ride Across Britain (982 miles John O’Groats to Land’s End)
- Finisher Coast to Coast in a Day Sportive (150 miles from Seascale to Whitby)
- Black T-Shirt finisher – Norseman Xtreme Triathlon 2011 – the world’s toughest iron distance triathlon.
- 7th Age Group, Challenge Henley 2011, (10hrs38)
- Finisher Ironman UK 2010 (11hrs37)
- Finisher Extrememan Salou Costa-Daurada 224 long distance triathlon 2011 (11hrs52)
- Finisher ABSA Cape Epic (800kms, 8 days) 2012, 296th placing out of 600
- GORE-TEX Transalpine Run 2010, 320kms in 8 days, 15th individual finisher
- Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race 2010, 125 miles – Finished in 25hrs
- 4th, The Druid Challenge Ridgeway Multistage Ultra 2009, 84 Miles
- 2nd Hellrunner 2011 (5th 2010, 9th 2009)
- 2nd Knacker Cracker 12k 2012 (3rd 2011)
- 1st Brockwell Park Run 2010 (course record holder for 16 weeks)
- 2nd Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series Final – the Edge 2011
- 3rd Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series – South Devon Ultra (35 miles) 2011
- 5th Brutal 10 2010
- 4th Grim Challenge 2010
- 5th Leatherhead 10k 2011
- 4th Cheddar Gorge Half Marathon 2013
- 5th Black Death Run 2013
Personal Bests
I’m not one to chase PB’s as most of the races I do are off-road or non-standard distance. But for those who like to benchmark people on times, here they are:
- 5k – 16:54 – (Brockwell Park Run 2010)
- 10k – 34:47 – (Run in the Dark London 2012)
- 10 Mile – 1:01 (Cabbage Patch 2009)
- Half Marathon – 1:16:38 (Reading 2011)
- Marathon – 2:49:58 (London 2010)
- Sprint Distance Triathlon – 1:18 (Windsor Triathlon 2010)
- Olympic Distance Triathlon – 2:31 (Upton Triathlon 2010)
- Middle Distance Triathlon – 5:11 (Beaver Triathlon 2010)
- Ironman – 10:37 (Challenge Henley 2011)
Favourite Races
I’ve done some pretty fabulous ones in my time. But these are my all-time favourites:
- OtillO SwimRun
- Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc
- Transvulcania
- Cape Epic
- The Marathon des Sables
- Coast to Coast in a Day Sportive
- Dragon’s Back Race
- Haute Route Pyrenees
- The Namibia Crossing
- The Jungle Ultra