Jamie Aarons; Adventure Racer, Ultrarunner, World RecoRd Holder

Written By Kenny Wallace

In 2023 Jamie became the fastest person to self-propel up, down and in between all 282 Scottish *Munros, achieving a time of 31 Days 10 hrs 27 mins. This beat the women’s record of 76 days 10hrs and the men’s record of 31 Days 23 hrs 2mins. To complete this feat of human endurance Jamie ran, kayaked, hiked, road & mountain biked over 3000km (1,864miles), ascending over 140,000m (459,317ft). And she did all this on less than 4 hours sleep a night.

*Munro: A Scottish mountain over 914.4m (3000ft), named after Sir Hugh Munro who first published a list in 1891.

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Jamie is an accomplished adventure racer and ultrarunner having competed in events around the world for over 20 years, with numerous podium finishes and race records:

  • West Highland Way Ultra: 160km (100miles), Women’s 1st, 2nd & 3rd, Top 10 Fastest Women of all time. Race website>

  • Tor Des Geant AKA Tour of The Giants: 340km/211miles, 30,00m/98,425ft, Women’s 2nd. Race website>

  • Ultra Trail Snowdonia: 160km/100miles, 6400m/20,997ft, 1st x2. Race website>

  • Maxi Madiera Ultra: 100km/60miles, 5500m/18,044ft, 1st in the Inaugural event. Race Website>

  • Cateran Trail Ultra: 90km/55miles, 2250m/7450ft, 1st and women’s record holder. Race Website>

You can follow Jamies exploits on:

Kenny Wallace https://www.KennyWallace.co.uk