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