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GB Ultra distance athletes Adela Salt and Jez Bragg ran strong races in difficult conditions this weekend at the IAU World Trail

Challenge hosted by the Sunmart 50 mile Trail Run held in Huntsville , Texas . Both athletes were taking part in the race from an athelete development perspective, with the aim being to gain international experience racing overseas and the difficult conditions that often go with it.

It was the hot and humid race conditions that proved to be the biggest challenge for the GB runners. During the race the temperature peaked at 85 Fahrenheit meaning that an effective hydration and nutrition strategy was essential to even complete the distance.

Adela ran an excellent race and for much of the distance was second only to the world 100km champion Norimi Sakurai from Japan . The difficult conditions did however force Adela to slow the pace in the final quarter of the race and she was eventually overtaken by Irish runner Helena Crossan to finish four minutes behind in an excellent third place with a time of 7hrs 22mins.

Jez's performance followed a similar theme. He ran steadily with a lead pack of three runners for the first half of the race before the conditions forced a slower pace in the latter stages. The clear race winner was world and European 100km champion Jaroslaw Janicki in 6hr 07mins. Jez eventually finished in 5th place in a time of 6hrs 38mins, but only 9 minutes behind the second place runner.

Whilst the conditions on the day forced a relatively slow pace for all runners, the

opportunity to compete in such difficult conditions will undoubtedly prove extremely valuable to Adela and Jez in the future, as they both continue to progress well during their debut year of running international ultra distance races. Results

Men
1^st	Jaroslaw Janicki	Pol	6-07-44
2^{n d}	Marc Vanderlinden	Bel	6-29-18
3^rd	Akos Konya	Hun	6-34-55
5th	Jez Bragg	Gbr	6-38-37

Ladies
1^st	Narini Sakurai	Jpn	6-34-55
2^nd	Helena Grossman	Irl	7-18-20
3^rd	Adela Salt	Gbr	7-22-00