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Montreal, Quebec, CanadaE-mail: colin_kingsford@yahoo.com Occupation: self-employed Height: 6' Weight: 155 Birthplace: England Date of birth: 18/November/1942 Years running: 20+, including intermissions Years running ultras: 7 PRs: Marathon 3:00:00, 50M 7:10, 100K 9:55, 100M 17:15, 24Hours 122.5M Shoes I run in: New Balance 802 Favourite running surface: Anything off roads or hard surfaces. Some ultras I have completed: Nanisivik, Comrades, Eagle 100mile, London-Brighton, Haliburton, Vermont 100mile, MMT100mile Ultra achievement I am most proud of: Winning Nanisivik 52M in 1997 Typical training week: Winter 25-40M, Summer 75M, late fall rest period Injury history: Plantar fasciitis, usual runners' leg problems Favourite ultra foods: Never quite figured this out Favourite ultra beverages: Coke, Gatorade and milk to settle screwed-up stomach Things I like most about ultras: The scenery, people involved with sport, just running alone at 5 in the morning on training runs Things I hate most about ultras: When I hate something about it, I quit! What got me started doing ultras: Made mistake of going to the Arctic to run a marathon. Found out about a sport called ultrarunning. Hooked! Why I do ultras: No idea! Short-term ultra goal: Finish MMT 100mile, Hardrock 100mile and Spartathlon in 2000. Don't care in what condition or the time, just finish! Long-term ultra goal: Running and finishing 100+ milers in 10 years. Fantasy ultra goal: Yiannis Kouros shows me how to run a 24 hour race! Favourite ultra quote: "Ultras are fun runs, marathons are for wimps." - Arctic Joe Womersley
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