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Race Updates William's CV Media Links Project 60 @ 60 William is a British and Scottish international athlete and has set multiple ultra distance running records (from 12 Hours to 1000 miles) at World, British and Scottish level including age-group records
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William wins the Hungarian 6 Day Championships, May 2011, with a new outright British record of 518.34 miles/834.19kms |
Click here for full list of William's Personal Bests & Records
All-Time Scottish Record (Modern) British M50 Record (2008)
World M55 Record (2011)
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Ultra distance running - a sport with a very long history Consider that the first recorded 1000 miles race was held in Birmingham, England in 1758 and the first 24 hour race (covering the greatest distance possible in 24 hours) was held in 1804! Now the 24 Hours is the longest annual world title event endorsed by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) and recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The Six Day race (covering the greatest possible distance over six continuous days) reached a peak of popularity in the late 1800's - the pedestrian era - with regular major indoor races in London and New York. The Scottish Indoor Six Day record dates back to 1882 and was set in New York by George Noremac (or George D. Cameron to give him his correct name - Noremac is Cameron spelt backwards and was his professional name) - 912.90km/567.20mles! The historical aspects of the sport are one of my major motivating influences. The thought that I am part of the progression of the sport - moving the performances ever onwards and upwards, especially within the age groups.
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George
Cameron (alias Noremac) professional 6 Day, all-time Scottish record
holder - 567 miles. Set in 1882 - the record is 128 years old in 2010. |
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Marathon: 2:38:17 (1995)
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Did you know? William considers himself ideally built for ultrarunning being 5' 5"/1.63m tall and weighing approx 9st 2lbs or 128lbs/58kgs. He has an unique physiology being extraordinarily adapted for fat burning, requiring tiny amounts of energy (less than 100kcals/hr) and fluid to produce optimum performance in long ultras. However, William is far from being a 'perfect physical specimen' having had knock knees as a child; having one leg 1" (2.5cms) longer than the other and a weak chest, with repeated chest infections in winter, after moving to Orkney. The chestiness lasted for 10 years, until I took up running again in 1993, since when, the symptoms have never returned. William also had surgery and radiotherapy for testicular cancer in 1997 and is keen to promote men's health and physical activity into later life. |
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William is a big fan of veteran/masters athletics and believes that athletic performances by masters athletes are hugely unsung. William believes people in their middle age also need role models and people to inspire them - William tries to do that.
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