I had to run for 100 miles - so I ran up and down my street 1,350 times

Being able to run for longer distances as part of the recent changes to lockdown rules during the Covid-19 outbreak allowed runners from Run Wednesdays to participate in the Centurion One event.
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Run Wednesdays members pictured themselves at their end of their efforts

Centurion Running specialises in providing fully marked and supported trail ultra marathons in the United Kingdom, including 50-mile and 100-mile events.

Eastbourne Sports Park track is the finish line for the South Downs Way 50-mile and 100-mile races that take place each year. Over the past eight years a number of runners from Eastbourne-based Run Wednesdays have completed the Centurion events and have specialised in ultra running.

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The aim of the Centurion One event was to create a virtual event over seven days to allow runners from across the world to run their target distance over the week.

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Run Wednesdays members pictured themselves at their end of their efforts

Runners could earn medals for completing distances from 5k to 100 miles. Nineteen runners from Run Wednesdays joined runners from a far afield as Malta, the Phillippines and Slovenia to gain their Centurion medal.

Congratulations to all of the clubs successful runners, including Danny Garbett (Run Wednesdays founder and coach), Leigh Baker, Jade da Silva, Adam Mansbridge, Sureyya Kurtay, Wayne Langley, Donna Warren, Richard Gardiner, Janice Gillam, Emma Trenners, Chris Lamour, Nick Jameson-Allen, Helen Chatterton, Jaqueline R-K, Rebecca Holland, Mark Fox, Sarah Case and Fenella Maloney.

Special mention goes to Steve Offord who completed his 100-mile distance by running down the road and back from his front door. He has previously completed a 100-mile Centurion race but saw this as a new experience.

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“I wanted to experience not just the physical challenge that running 100 miles would bring but also the mental challenge of repeating the loop 1,350 times to cover the distance."

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Run Wednesdays members pictured themselves at their end of their efforts

Run Wednesdays welcomes new and experienced runners. Many of the Run Wednesdays team completing the virtual event were new to ultra running and were able to be supported throughout by more experienced runners.

If you would like to start running, or get back to running, whatever the distance please see the Run Wednesdays Facebook page for more details.

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