GB 24-Hour Rankings 2024
Field and Zakrzewski top the 2024 GB 24Hour Rankings.
Although there were no major championships in 2024, some excellent performances from GB and NI athletes still happened.
Men’s GB 24 hour Rankings 2024
Matt Field, Gloucester 24 hr 2024. Pic Tom Malone
The standout performance was Matt Field’s new British record at the Gloucester 24-hour track race in August. His distance of 281/303 Km (174.793 Miles) bettered Robbie Britton’s distance of 277.438 Km set at Turin in February 2023.
I spoke with Matt after he set that record. Read the interview HERE
Chris Kelly ran the second-best distance of the year, 273.375Km (169.867 Miles) at Albi in France in October. This mark puts Kelly 4th on the GB all-time listings behind Field, Britton and Dave Dowdle.
Women GB 24hour Rankings 2024
In April, at the Crawley 24-hour track race, Kelsey Price ran 231.820 kilometres (144.046 Miles). A big improvement from her previous 24-hour, in 2022, of 205.557km. Price’s victory in the 2023, 145 mile Grand Union canal race, also indicated her potential at the longer events.
Jo Zakrzewski, on her return to 24-hour racing, was to better this towards the end of the year. Having run 207.699 km in September when coming back from an injury, she took to the track again on the weekend of the 9th and 10th of November to run 233.242 Km (144.929 Miles). It was the fourth time that Zakrzewski, the current British record holder and long time GB International at all ultra distances, has surpassed 230km.
Alison Young, who has been running consistent 24-hour races for almost 10 years now, ran her second-best distance at Crawley, finishing second to Price with 220.099 km (136.713 Miles).
Jen Coleman again showed consistency with a 215.783km (134.081 Miles) distance in Sweden in April.
GLOBAL WOMEN
Patrycja Berezknowska, the former world record holder, ran 263.178 km (163.531 Miles) a life time best at Pabianice in May, the best distance globally in 2024.
Camille Herron, after a roller coaster year, finished the year on a high when running just 174 metres less than this, with 263.004 Kilometres (163.423 Miles), at the Tapei 24-hour on the 1st of December.
These two distances are the third and fourth all time. Only Herron with 270.116 when winning the IAU world title in 2019 and Miho Nakata, whi set the existing womens world record when also winning the IAU 24 hour title in 2023, have run further.
The strength in depth of women’s 24-hour running was very good in 2024 with 20 women running over 230 km.
GGLOBAL Men
British runners show well on the global rankings.
Ivan Zanorskii of Russia heads the rankings for the year after his 284.913 kilometres (177.036 Miles) at Volgograd on the 6th of October.
Matt Fields’ distance of 281.303 ranks him second for the year, with Chris Kelly’s distance from Albi in 5th.
2025 will feature the next edition of the IAU World 24 hour Championships at Albi in France on 18th and 19th of October. Performances run there are sure to feature in the next annual rankings review.
Full details of GB and NI selection can be found HERE
The full men’s DUV 24-hour World rankings for 2024 are HERE
The 2024 women’s World rankings can be seen HERE
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Adrian Tarit Stott.
The author is a former GB 24-hour ultra international with over 100 ultra race completions. He has also been involved in organising ultra-distance races for over 30 years. Still an active recreational runner, he is currently a member of UKA’s Ultra Running Advisory Group (URAG) and the Mountain and Trail Advisory Group. He also contributes as part of the selection and team management for both Scottish and GB ultra teams. A freelance writer in his spare time, he contributes articles and reports to several websites and magazines including Athletics Weekly and Irunfar.
