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Allie Bailey (born 1981) is a British ultrarunner and author. [1] [2] [3] [4]In 2022, Bailey was voted one of the most inspiring female adventurers in the UK. [5] In 2024, she wrote There is no Wall, an account of the alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life.
Trail running is a type of running that takes place on outdoor trails, often in mountainous terrain, and often includes significant ascents and descents. Trail running is overseen by the International Trail Running Association and includes longer races. [1] [2] It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running).
Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. The name arises from the origins of the English sport on the fells of northern Britain, especially those in the Lake District .
Before the Bob Graham Round, many shorter rounds of the Lakeland fells were developed. These are chronicled in the Bob Graham Club's Story of the Bob Graham Round, [2] in the fell-walking section of M. J. B. Baddeley's Lakeland guidebook, [3] and most recently in Chapter 15 of Steve Chilton's It's a Hill, Get Over It: Fell Running's History and Characters.
Gary Cantrell, known as Lazarus Lake, is an endurance race designer and director.His races include the Barkley Marathons, Big's Backyard Ultra, the Barkley Fall Classic, Vol State 500K, [1] A Race for the Ages, [2] the Last Annual Heart of the South, [3] and the Strolling Jim 40. [4]
Jasmin Karina Paris MBE (born November 1983) [1] is a British runner who has been a national fell running champion and who has set records for the Bob Graham Round and the Ramsay Round. In 2024, she became the first woman to successfully complete the Barkley Marathons. [2] [3]
AW (formerly Athletics Weekly) is a monthly track and field magazine published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited. The magazine covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of track and field, cross-country, road racing and race walking.
The Great Outdoors (formerly TGO) [1] is a British monthly consumer magazine focused on hillwalking and backpacking, first published in 1978 (47 years ago) (). [2] It was edited for many years by Cameron McNeish. Chris Townsend and Jim Perrin are among many regular and long-term contributors to the magazine.