Jeremy Bragg (born 13 April 1981) is a British

ultramarathon An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of . The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the ...

runner. A notable performance early in Bragg’s running career was at the West Highland Way Race in 2006 which he won in a time of 15:44, then a course record. The next year, he was the United Kingdom 100k champion and finished in eighteenth position at the

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. In 2009, Bragg was victorious at both the Anglo Celtic Plate 100k, where he finished in a time of 6:58, and in the 100k race at the Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships in Keswick. The same year, he competed in the 100 mile

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, finishing in third place. He returned to the latter event in 2011, when he was fourth in a time of 15:55. Bragg won the UTMB in 2010 when it was restarted over a shortened route after the initial race was cancelled due to inclement weather and a

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. In 2011, he set a course record of 10:06 at the

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in the

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. Bragg set the fastest known time for

Te Araroa Te Araroa (The Long Pathway) is New Zealand's long distance tramping route, stretching circa along the length of the country's two main islands from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Officially opened in 2011, it is made up of a mixture of previously m ...

in New Zealand in late 2012 and early 2013, completing the route of approximately in fifty-three days. The record was broken in 2020 when George Henderson completed Te Araroa in forty-nine days. However, the completions were not strictly comparable as Henderson used powered transport around breaks in the trail whereas Bragg's entire journey was self-powered, including

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across the

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. Bragg ran Ramsay's Round in 2015 in a time of 18:12, which stood briefly as the record until it was beaten by John Ascroft.Jonny Muir, ''The Mountains are Calling'' (Dingwall, 2018).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bragg, Jez Living people 1981 births English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners British ultramarathon runners 21st-century English sportsmen