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Sierre Zinal is a pretty short race - it's only 31km. Serious ultra runners run a variety of distances, including the very long ones such as the UTMB (160km) an

Sierre Zinal is a pretty short race - it's only 31km. Serious ultra runners run a variety of distances, including the very long ones such as the UTMB (160km) and the Tor des Geants (340km). Earlier this year Jasmine Parris won the Spine race (the UK's best known very long ultra: 400km along the Pennine Way in January). Not only did she break the overall course record by 12hrs, she also beat the previous year's winner (Eugeni Sole), who was evacuated off the last hill, 6km from the end, while in 2nd place. Allez les filles! Steve (edit: spelling)

arethuza 7y ago
A BBC article about Paris: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-46906365 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-4... "Mrs Paris did the race during a week-long break from writing her PhD thesis"
- ourmandave 7y ago
  I'd love to see her reaction to a naive reporter asking, "Congrats on your record finish. So, are you going to be taking some vacation before your next race?"