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Ultrarunning World ROAD, TRACK & TRAIL MULTIDAY & ULTRA DISTANCE NEWS ISSUE 13 2 Ultrarunning World | 12 / 2018 Ultrarunning World | No.13 | August 2018 Editorial y thanks to all the contributors and staff who have helped produce issue 13. Each issue has its own character Mand for me this issue is about moving out of the long winter into the beautiful summer we have been experiencing this last month. In the ultrarunning world and especially in the multiday world things are buzzing with the 1000 km Mil Kil in France finishing last week, the first 6 day race in Finland just coming to an end at the Kauhajoki Ultra Running Festival, the Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race is at the halfway mark, Vol State starts tomorrow…Trans-Sweden starts next week – it’s all happening. Issue 14 will concentrate on multidays. There may be a Special Edition calendar issue in the not too distant future. Contents The House: Editor - Abichal Sherrington 4 News • Correspondents - Maria Bellini 10 Recent Races - Sarah Cameron 10 UK Recent Races • Staff - Marcella Dragan - Graphic Designer -Helen Hayes - Copy Editor 12 3100 Diaries • Photos nd 12 22 Annual Sri Chinmoy Front cover: Front cover: Kristina Paltén by Kincses Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race Ferenc, winner of the Women’s 6 day race in 15 Race Reports Balatonfured, Hungary, May 2018 featured in Issue 14 15 It’s Summer! Back cover: Arun Bhardwaj by Prabhakar Street 16 Iconic Ultra Finish Lines 20 100km Del Passatore Issue 12 cover photo credit. The identity of Italy’s most talked about ultra the cover photographer was discovered after 24 Trans-Korea 2016 publication. Artist Owen Delaney took the selfie 32 Snowdrop 55-Hour 2017-2018 back in 2016 and more of his work can be found 42 Pennine Barrier Ultra 50 on his website https://www.owendelaney.art/ 46 Imber Ultra - view from the rear 50 Convergence 2018 Ultrarunning World Website: Ultrarunningworld. Magazine co.uk 54 Running the Mind Address: 38 Shadwell Rd, E-mail: mail@ 58 Chester Ultra 50 Bristol BS7 8EP ultrarunningworld.co.uk Phone Number: Facebook & Twitter 60 Stan Jewell’s - 1960 Jogle 07923833719 72 Lifestyle We are very pleased to share this issue with the community and to bring these reports and updates on international and British events. We are very grateful to all the people who have 72 Sharing my journey to Ultra-Running kindly contributed their experience, time and energy to make this edition a reality. 13 / 2018 | Ultrarunning World 3 News 2018 IAU Trail World Championship post race report Championships took place on the weekend of 26th/27th May 2018 in Timisoara, Romania. The race venue was “Ion Creanga” Children’s Park in the heart of Timisoara, the 2021 European City of Culture. he International and 159 men that 08:53:41 This race promised TAssociation of manage to complete 5. Ludovic Pommeret to be a very exciting Ultrarunners (IAU) and the race. In addition we (883), France: 08:58:12 event with one of the deepest fields ever seen the International Trail recorded 23 and 34 team Women’s team results: Running Association results. in an IAU European 1. Spain (ITRA) are proud Results Championships and to provide results 2. France it didn’t fail to deliver. of the 2018 World Women individual 3. United States In the men’s race Trail Championships, results: 4. Great Britain among others we had organized by the 1. Ragna Debats 5. Sweden the current European Penyagolosa Trails HG (bib number 766), Men’s team results: Champion (Albi 2016) and the Real Federación Netherlands: 09:55:00 1. Spain Dan Lawson (GB) and Española de Atletismo 2. Laia Canes (738), 2. Great Britain in the Women’s race all and taking place in Spain: 10:11:11 3. France eyes were on Patrycja Spain in Castellónon 3. Claire Mougel (675), 4. United States Bereznowska (POL) Saturday, 12th of May. France: 10:15:23 5. Germany the current World Ragna Debats 4. Gemma Arenas Ragna Debats, 2018 Champion (Belfast (Netherlands) and Luis (753), Spain: 10:25:58 Trail World Champion, 2017). Alberto Hernando 5. Maite Mayora (775), Interview by Irunfar In total we had 183 Spain: 10:28:20 (Spain) were unbeatable Luis Alberto Hernando, Athletes representing over this challenging 85 Men individual results: 2018 Trail World 30 Countries with the km course, finishing in 1. Luis Alberto Champion, Interview by event being dominated 9 hours and 55 minutes Hernando (bib number Irunfar by Poland. However, this and 8 hours and 38 914), Spain: 08:38:35 wasn’t obvious until the minutes respectively. 2. Cristofer Clemente latter stages and during It was outstanding (879), Spain: 08:46:19 2018 IAU 24 the final few hours we event with fantastic 3. Thomas Evans (852), Hours European had the privilege to organization and very Great Britain: 08:49:35 Championship – post witness some incredible high caliber athletes. 4. Jonathan Albon race report racing. There were 104 women (911), Great Britain: The 22nd IAU European Individual Gold 4 Ultrarunning World | 13 / 2018 News went to Poland in 2240.69Km of the race in 1999, performances by any both the Women’s Men Soochow University has standard. and Men’s race with 1. Andrzej Radzikowski hosted this 24 hours The World 24 Hour Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) 265.41Km race with passion and Championships in 2019 achieving a distance of 2. StephaneRuel (FRA) persistence. Every which will take place in 243.35Km and Andrzej 263.54Km year the race has Irdning in Austria on Radzikowski with a 3. Aleksandr Sorokin complemented local May 11th-12th and will distance of 265.41Km. (LTU) 260.99Km elite runners with include the WMA 24H international ones. World Championships Women’s Team However this time Patrycja was once again as well. More details on 1. Poland 720.45Km they will take another on the podium as she the IAU website. 2. Germany 656.24Km step forward and led her Team to Team 3. Great Britain would like to invite Gold with a combined 645.06Km all Asia and Oceania 2019 IAU 24 hours distance of 720.45Km Men’s Team Member Federations to World Championship along with team-mates 1. France 754.62Km participate in the event. event date confirmation Malgorzata Pazda- 2. Great Britain The unique atmosphere Porzoska and Monika IAU and LOC are very 735.15Km encourages the runners Biegasiewicz. This was pleased to announce 3. Germany 725.96Km to exert themselves followed by Germany that the 2019 IAU to the maximum to with 656.24Km and Race website: 24 hours World run further and LOC Great Britain with Penyagolosa Trails HG Championship will together with others th 645.06Km. 2017 take place on 11 - The Men’s Team event was won by France with a combined distance of 754.62Km. This was followed by Great Britain with 735.15Km and Germany with 725.96Km. Our thanks to Florin Florea the President of the Romanian Athletics Federation and Diana IAU Asia & Oceania 24 supporting the event 12th and will include Amza the President of Hour Championships will do their best to the WMA 24H World the Local Organizing The 18th edition of the maintain this. Championships. Committee for hosting Soochow International In the past the race Most likely the race will this event. 24 Hours race will be has seen two world start in the middle of Women the host of the IAU best performances, 3 the day and will have 1. Patrycja Bereznowska Asia & Oceania 24 continental and more an open race as well (POL) 243.35Km Hour Championships than 12 national best (still to be confirmed). 2. Stine Rex (DEN) which will take place on performances. The race More details on the IAU 241.92Km December 1st 2018 at records of 285 km for website. 3. Małgorzata Pazda- Soochow University. men and 255 km for Pozorska (POL) Since the first edition women are outstanding ■UW■ 13 / 2018 | Ultrarunning World 5 News Ultrarunning World News n the first anniversary of Salford, and Stockport stopping thenathanrae/ Othe Manchester Arena outside some of the A&E hospital Check out the videos from the run Bombing, May 22nd, Chorlton departments where the wounded on Nathan’s Youtube channel. Runners Club member Nathan were treated a year ago, Manchester Rae created a large scale “We Love Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe, If you feel inspired please donate Manchester” living art piece. He and Salford Royal Hospital. He to the North West Air Ambulance ran a 67 mile long route making a visited Old Trafford, Etihad using the JustGiving page. #WeLoveManchester heart across Stadium, Manchester City Centre, the city, 8 miles high and 8 miles The Trafford Centre, and had wide. He wrote “The attack was lunch at the Bowling Green Pub Western States sickening but I found our city’s in Chorlton. He also stopped at The 45th annual Western States response to it inspiring and hopeful. Manchester Arena finally finishing 100 race took place June 23 this I was just trying to capture a small around 1.30am. year and more than 300 runners part of that a year on”. set out on the 100.2-mile route Website: https://www.nathanrae. from Squaw Valley to Auburn on It took over 18 hours to run the 67 co.uk a course which features more than mile line to create the letters MCR Twitter: www.twitter.com/ 18,000 feet of ascent and 23,000 and the heart. The route wove its nathanrae feet of descent. Temperatures way across Manchester, Trafford, Instagram: www.instagram.com/ reached 106 degrees at the Rucky Chucky river crossing at mile 78.