19 Feb 2020 | Women's endurance running history, Women's ultrarunning history |
At 10.30 am on 27th April 1983, the New South Wales Premier fired the starter’s gun on a race that was to make a national hero of its winner and create one of the most famous Australian ultramarathons, the Westfield Sydney to Melbourne race. Eleven men lined up in the...
2 Jan 2020 | Women's endurance running history, Women's ultrarunning history |
In 2001, British ultrarunner Eleanor Robinson (formerly Eleanor Adams) was inducted into the International Association of Ultrarunners Hall of Fame. She was asked to choose the top ten performances of her career. The New York 6 Day Race was number six on her list....
3 Nov 2019 | Women's ultrarunning history |
In 2001, British ultrarunner Eleanor Robinson was inducted into the International Association of Ultrarunners Hall of Fame. She was asked to choose the top ten performances of her career. The Colac 6 Day Race was number five on her list. Here is an edited version of...
15 Jul 2019 | Women's endurance running history, Women's ultrarunning history |
It is 6am on Friday 31st July 1987 and the temperature at the Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, is already over 30°C. By midday it will rise to over 40°C. British ultrarunner Eleanor Adams stands with three others waiting to start the first Badwater ultra...
19 May 2019 | Women's endurance running history |
Molly Schiot’s book “Game Changers: the unsung heroines of sports history” is dedicated to “all the women who were forever told ‘no'”. It is replete with examples of women who followed their dreams and ambitions in sport despite...
