“I feel very fortunate to have been able to race it because not many people get the chance each year. It’s difficult to describe it,” she says. While a race with such a reputation would make most people baulk, it’s exactly the kind of challenge Paris embraces and while she ended-up withdrawing after four laps, which took two whole days, she relished the experience. Paris’ lead-up to these World Championships says everything about the size of the challenge she likes to embrace.Įarlier this year, Paris raced the Barkley Marathon, a trail ultra-race in rural Tennessee in America that’s widely regarded as the toughest race on the planet, which is backed-up by the incredible statistic that in the event’s 37-year history, it’s been completed by only 18 people in total. Paris is one of eight Scots selected in the 33-strong GB team and will race the long trail race which is, by her standards, a modest 85km.
Such is Paris’ prowess over unthinkably long distances – she’s had some of her best results in races lasting over 24 hours and stretching hundreds of miles – this week’s World Mountain and Trail Champs, which begin today in Austria, will feel like something of a sprint to her. She has countless records to her name, has been lauded by the likes of Chelsea Clinton and Barbara Streisand and has done more than most to shine a spotlight on the somewhat niche world of ultra-running. The 39-year-old Scot is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest ultra-runners of her generation, and perhaps ever. When it comes to Jasmin Paris, however, everything is extraordinary.
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