Rik Vercoe, the Glossary
Rik Vercoe is a British ultramarathon runner from Walton on Thames, Surrey, England.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Brathay Trust, Guinness World Records, Marathon, Marathon des Sables, North Pole Marathon, Reach plc, Runner's World, Scuba diving, Surrey, Ultramarathon, Walton-on-Thames, 100 Marathon Club, 2014 London Marathon.
- British ultramarathon runners
- English non-fiction outdoors writers
- People from Walton-on-Thames
Brathay Trust
Brathay Trust is a youth-development charity with its head office and residential centre based at Brathay in Cumbria, England.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of, usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes.
Marathon des Sables
Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon) "Facing Africa NOMA: The Marathon des Sables", is a seven-day, about ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons.
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North Pole Marathon
The North Pole Marathon is run over the classic marathon distance at the North Pole.
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Reach plc
Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher.
Runner's World
Runner's World is a globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all skills sets, published by Hearst in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.
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Surrey
Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.
Ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of.
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Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in northwest Surrey, England.
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100 Marathon Club
The 100 Marathon Club is a club for marathon and ultra marathon runners.
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2014 London Marathon
The 2014 London Marathon was the 34th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April.
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See also
British ultramarathon runners
- Anna Troup
- Arthur F. H. Newton
- Bill Smith (fell runner)
- Billy Bland (runner)
- Carolyn Hunter-Rowe
- Charles Rowell
- Dan Lawson
- David John Dodds
- Don Ritchie (runner)
- Eleanor Robinson
- Ellie Greenwood
- George Littlewood
- Helene Diamantides
- Ian Sharman
- Jasmin Paris
- Jez Bragg
- Joasia Zakrzewski
- John Tarrant (runner)
- Joss Naylor
- Leonard Hurst
- Lizzy Hawker
- Lowri Morgan
- Luke Robertson
- Mike Hartley (runner)
- Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
- Nicky Spinks
- Rhys Jenkins (runner)
- Ricky Lightfoot
- Rik Vercoe
- Robert Garside
- Ron Bentley
- Rosie Swale-Pope
- Sabrina Verjee
- Scott Jenkins (runner)
- Steve Birkinshaw
- Tom Evans (runner)
- Trudi Thomson
- William Sichel
English non-fiction outdoors writers
- Alec Rose
- Alfred Wainwright
- Andy Cave
- Andy Kirkpatrick
- Angus Dalgleish
- Annie Hill
- Arnold Lunn
- Bill & Laurel Cooper
- Bill Birkett
- Bob Roberts (folksinger)
- Brian Blessed
- Constance Villiers-Stuart
- Crichton Porteous
- David Baboulene
- Eric Newby
- Frank Cowper
- Geoff Holt (sailor)
- James Riddell (skier)
- Jerry Moffatt
- Jim Perrin
- Joe Simpson (mountaineer)
- John Joseph Mechi
- John Talbot White
- Johnny Dawes
- M. J. B. Baddeley
- Mick Fowler
- Peter Boardman
- Peter Lunn
- Peter Pye
- Ranulph Fiennes
- Rik Vercoe
- Robert Macfarlane (writer)
- Robin Knox-Johnston
- Ron Fawcett
- Roy Woodcock
- Stella Ross-Craig
- Steve McClure
- Tim Moore (writer)
- Victor Saunders
- W. A. Poucher
- Weston Martyr
- William Ellis (British missionary)
People from Walton-on-Thames
- Andrew Sasson
- Angela Pope
- Anne Cumming
- Arthur Shipley
- Bede Griffiths
- Charles Mole
- Charles Robertson (painter)
- Denis Wigan
- Edith Lawrence
- Edward Allcard
- Gail Trimble
- George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
- Ian Rank-Broadley
- Joan Stiebel
- John Mohammed Butt
- Luke Haines
- Madeleine Albright
- Mark Taylor (animation director)
- Matt Brittin
- May Henderson
- Nick Lowe
- Rik Vercoe
- Robert Lickley
- Sara Payne
- Setsuko, Princess Chichibu
- Susan Ertz
- Tony Walton