27 Feb 2022 | Popular articles, Women's ultrarunning history |
The Nanango 1000 Mile Track Race was the perfect way for Eleanor Robinson to mark her 50th birthday. When Robinson turned 50 in November 1997, she had been an ultrarunner for 16 years. She was a 24 Hour World Champion, 100k World Champion twice and had probably set...
21 Feb 2021 | Women's ultrarunning history |
An ultramarathon in a shopping mall In 1984, Peter Goodsell of the Road Runners Club1 hit upon the idea of staging a 24-hour race in a shopping centre. The Central Milton Keynes shopping centre, which had opened in 1979, was the longest shopping mall in the world. The...
2 Dec 2020 | Women's endurance running history, Women's ultrarunning history |
“The organisers dubbed this race “Hell in Paradise”. I am sure that when they coined this phrase they never anticipated how right they would be.” The 1994 Telecom Tasmania seven-day stage race lived up to its nickname in more ways than one. Eleven of the 27 starters...
28 Sep 2020 | Women's endurance running history, Women's ultrarunning history |
It isn’t too often that everything goes well and perhaps this is part of the attraction of the 24 hour race – the waiting for the perfect day and the perfect performance. Eleanor Adams The period from 1985 to 1990 saw top performances from Eleanor Adams...
29 May 2020 | Women's endurance running history, Women's ultrarunning history |
The first ultrarunning World Championships were created in 1987 when the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) held the inaugural 100km World Championships in Torhout, Belgium. What attracted top-class ultrarunners like Eleanor Adams to take part in this new...
