Published: January 28, 2019
• Spine Race winner selected for first time at age of 35
• Vet became global sensation beating male rivals by 15 hours
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• Vet became global sensation beating male rivals by 15 hours
Jasmin Paris, the ultrarunner who became a global sensation earlier this month when she won the 268-mile Spine Race, beating her male rivals by 15 hours and the course record by over 12, has been rewarded by selection to run for Britain for the first time at the age of 35.
Paris, who also holds three separate UK 24-hour mountain running records while holding down a job as a full-time vet, is named in a British team of 12 for June’s Trail World Championships in Miranda do Corvo in Portugal. This follows her victory in one of the world’s toughest races, along the Pennine Way from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish borders in 83 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds.
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