Jez Bragg

About

Jez Bragg (Jeremy Bragg) is a British ultrarunner, adventurer, and construction project manager specialising in theatres, who lives on England's South Coast in Dorset and has been a member of The North Face Global Athlete Team. Diagnosed with Crohn's disease at 18, he has built an elite ultra-distance career spanning roads, mountain trails, and multi-day expeditions. He won the West Highland Way Race in 2006 in a course record of 15:44, became UK 100km champion in 2007 and placed 18th at the IAU 100km World Championships in Winschoten, and won UTMB in 2010 when the race was restarted over a shortened course after a mudslide forced the original event's cancellation. His most celebrated achievement came in the 2012-2013 austral summer when he became the first person to run the length of New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail (3,054 km / 1,898 miles) from Cape Reinga to Bluff entirely under human power — running and kayak-paddling — in 53 days, beating the previous record by nine days while overcoming Giardia (Beaver Fever) contracted mid-route.

Notable Wins

• — West Highland Way Race 2006 (course record 15:44); UK 100km Championship 2007; UTMB 2010; Te Araroa Trail FKT 2013 (3
• — 054km in 53 days)

Race History