Otley Athletic Club’s Chris Carver wil represent England at the Commonwealth 24-hour Running Championships in Llandudno, Wales in September.
Carver is confident of increasing his personal best and running more than 150 miles in a single day for the first time.
If he can he will likely return home with an individual medal.
But he warned: “In a race of this length, the smallest error of judgement – pacing, eating, drinking, clothing, etc – is magnified many times and can easily result in many miles lost from the overall distance covered.”
In the build-up to this year’s big race, Carver will run in a 100-mile road race in Stratford upon Avon on June 24, aiming to finish in 17 to 18 hours.
Carver has represented England three times before, at the inaugural Commonwealth Ultra Distance Championships in Keswick in 2009, the World 24-hour Championship race in Brive, France in 2010 and an inernational race in Perth, Scotland later that year, with the home nations, France and Italy sending teams.
He won the race with a new personal best of 148 miles.
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