Ok, so for all you adventure racers out there you've got the World
Championships hitting our shores in little over a weeks time, and for the
fell enthusiasts the World Long Distance Mountain Running championships are
being incorporated in to the 2008 Three Peaks race. Plenty of our members
have already conquered the marathon and participation in endurance sports is
growing rapidly across GB, so what about the next step, what other
challenges lie on our shores? What about your challenge for '09?
Well, the BBC Sport website has today posted the following information which
represents potentially a huge step forward for endurance sport not just in
GB but worldwide, and you could be involved!! Dust off your training plans,
get your kit washed and ironed (clean kit, what's that!!) and get motivated.
Great Britain is to stage the first Commonwealth ultra-distance and mountain
running championships in 2009.
The event is the first step towards the sport's push to be included on the
athletics programme at the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships.
The four-event competition in Keswick will comprise a 100km road race, a
24-hour race and two mountain races.
"This is a big step towards being recognised at worldwide championships,"
Great Britain coach Norman Wilson said.
"The good news is Britain has a lot of talented athletes coming through."
The championships will be open to men and women from all 71 Commonwealth
nations.
If the event is a success it is hoped the sport will be included at the 2014
Commonwealth Games.


Happy training

Dave


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