The Path to Ultra Success: Reflections of a Guest Race Director
📸 credit: Matt Phillips Event: Ridum30 Date: 7th September 2024 Organiser: Pegasus Ultra Running (Husband and wife team Rhys and Cerys Jenkins and baby Nye) The RIDUM 2024 • Pegasus Ultra Running 30 mile ultra marathon along the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk. Rhys and Cerys reached out to me in February 2024. Their aim is to make ultra-running as accessible as possible and they are particularly passionate about increasing the level of female involvement in ultra-running, whether that is as a runner or as a race director! For their 2024 season, they wanted to invite female guest race directors as a way on increasing female participation. From Left to Right: Cerys, Gruby, me, Rhys About • Pegasus Ultra Running We had a catch up on zoom, sharing more about what they already provide and asking me to be a guest race director, I did not hesitate. A few of the things already available at Pegasus events include: * Toilet provision at the start and finish of