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I have represented my country on at least 25 occasions since 1994 at both 100km and 24 hour events and have won several medals at international level as well as many National Championship titles. In 2011 I was ranked World Number 1 for 6 days with my British Record for 6 days on the road in Athens. This was a good year; also being the fastest British athlete to run the De Zestig van Texel 120km race in Holland (2 weeks after Athens I might add!). I also ran the world's highest race, The High, and reduced the outright course record by 11 hours. This was definitely the toughest race of my career for extreme races: hot, cold, hilly are easy compared to altitude. My year finished by going nowhere at Teesside University where I ran on the treadmill for 7 days to do some research (I work at Teesside University as a Sport Scientist), raise money for my chosen charities - oh, and break the record for the furthest distance run in a week, 832km. Ok, I did smash it by nearly 50 miles compared to the men's record and over a 100 miles compared to the female record. I have run over 22,000 miles of racing, over 1,000 races, over 300 marathons and over 100 ultras, many of these are abroad and many of these are extreme or unique races. I have done things like the Flora 1000 Mile Challenge that took nearly 6 weeks to complete, doing just 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours (up and down the London Marathon route 38 times). I have run from Lands End to John O’Groats, over 800 miles and taking over 17 hours from the world record, I have run high alpine paths in the Transalpine Race from Germany to Austria, Switzerland and finishing in Italy. I have run the Moravian Ultra Marathon, 7 marathons in 7 days. I have run hot races such as Verdon Canyon, Libyan Challenge and the Marathon des Sables. I have run the Badwater Ultramarathon of 135 miles across Death Valley, billed as the hottest race on earth and set the best time by any British athlete, male or female.I have run cold races such as Winter Trans-Slovenia in snow and -12°C, ran at altitudes up to 18,000 feet (The High) and around Islands (De Zestig Van Texel), run in circles on indoor tracks (Bislett Indoor 24 hours where I set world vet 45 indoor record) and on the spot on treadmills (world 7 day record at Teesside University). I have achieved much in my career which has been detailed in my book “The Clock Keeps Ticking”, available to buy on this website. This was written on request of the many people that support me and follow my progress and would like to know more. I have already had staggering reports from those that have read it for their view - inspiring, motivating, funny, sad, personal, unique, amazing, gripping, phenomenal, emotional, fantastic, legend, unstoppable, determined, you will have to read it yourself for your own view. Many who have read my reports say it feels like they are there and running it with me, so here is my life story, from a chapter on my life as a child, that may well have driven me to want to inflict pain on myself, to my humble beginnings as a marathon runner, my quest to run further into the unknown, from a bus driver to a university lecturer, from a fun runner to a world record holder and Commonwealth Champion and more. You won't have read anything like this in your life, but then that is why, because it is my life, lived the way I chose to live it. There are many more races I have yet to experience and several more world records I would like to attempt. In March is the first, Mizen Head to Malin Head in Ireland (the end to end) at 345 miles, next up is a bash at the world record for 6 days in Hungary (to upgrade my British record), then there is the annual World 24 Hours to keep up my international status in representing my country and finally a race to enjoy – the extreme one – a trip to the Grand Canyon for a wonderful 160 miles! So do keep watching and supporting and do let me know what you think to my book! (sharon@sharongayter.com) I am also on Facebook if you want to be friends and get that latest snippets of what I am up to.
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