Free delivery on orders over £80Naomi Benson
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Naomi is a serving member of the British Army and competes in XC for the Army Medical Services. Her career and love of travel has provided opportunities to run in various locations and climates around the world including Afghanistan, Romania, and Africa. Naomi's first 'proper' race was a half marathon in Cyprus in 2013 which she signed up for the day before and ran without a watch! This race ignited a flame inside to continuously push her limits and she ran her first Ultra the following year. |
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Naomi is a serving member of the British Army and competes in XC for the Army Medical Services. Her career and love of travel has provided opportunities to run in various locations and climates around the world including Afghanistan, Romania, and Africa. Naomi's first 'proper' race was a half marathon in Cyprus in 2013 which she signed up for the day before and ran without a watch! This race ignited a flame inside to continuously push her limits and she ran her first Ultra the following year.
In 2019 Naomi ran a 100-mile race followed by an 88-mile race only 3 days later. Chasing 200 miles, Naomi then completed the Wildhorse 200 in 2022 finishing as second place female. Though Naomi prefers longer ultras, she recently competed in the UTS by UTMB 55k placing in the top 10 female finishers. In her spare time Naomi recce's and route-marks courses for Trail Events Co. She regularly completes ultra distance events handcuffed to a medicine ball raising money for mental health charities and was shortlisted for the Soldiering On Award in Sporting Excellence in 2022.
Looking to the future Naomi is running as part of a team on Exercise Trailwalker 100k in September and has some big races lined up for 2024 including the Arc of Attrition 100, Hoka Bandera 100k in January and Tarawera TUMMiler in February.
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