Meet the #GBUltras Sponsored Athletes
GB Ultras partner with some incredible athletes, each bringing their own unique talent, determination and experience to the team and to the GB Ultras Community, providing inspiration to others through their ultramarathon adventures in testing environments.
Emma Marks
Emma has over 6 years of experience as a UK Athletics qualified coach and Personal Trainer and has dedicated her full-time career to helping individuals achieve their running goals. As a competitive ultra runner, Emma has honed and developed her own skills but also developed a deep understanding of the physical and mental demands of sport.
Ultra Trail Wales 50 Mile – 3rd Female – 2023 / Pennine Barrier Ultra 50 Mile – 1st Female (2019), 1st Female (2017) / 3 Towers Ultra – 1st Female (2017)
Leo Loughran
Leo has almost 30 years running experience, competing at all distances from 5k to ultrarunning. In 2023 he won the M2L Ultra and a week later, ran Manchester Marathon in 2 hour 40 min. In 2023 Leo completed the GB Ultras Slam. Leo loves the outdoors and the mountains, running to maintain good mental health and wellbeing. He also enjoys supporting runners of all abilities so you’ll often see Leo at recce runs. He is driven by setting big goals and to test his limits, believing nothing is impossible.
Manchester to Liverpool Ultra – 1st (2023), 2nd (2019) / Warrington Way – 2nd (2023) / Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultra 57 Mile – 9th (2023) / Chester Ultra 50 Mile – 6th (2023), 7th (2021) / Chester Ultra 100 Mile (2021) / Ultra Trail Wales – 6th (2022)
Emily Mills
Emily is a fantastic athlete who shows great endurance, positivity and resilience while always sparing time in the lead up to and after events to support others. Emily’s results speak for themselves and we’re delighted that Emily has been added to our GB Ultras team in 2024.
Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultra 57 Mile – 1st Female (2023) / Pennine Barrier 50 Mile – 4th Female (2023) / Peak District South & North Ultra 93km – 5th Female (2023) / Northern Traverse 300km – 3rd Female (2023) / Chester Ultra 50 Mile – 1st Female (2023) / Chester Ultra 100 Mile – 2nd Female (2022) / High Peak 100km – 1st Female (2021)
Jon Park
Jon has always been into fitness and this led to starting obstacle course racing but it was the running that Jon enjoyed the most. Jon is drawn to push himself and did his first ultra in 2017 and was soon hooked. He love’s the atmosphere around an ultra event, meeting runners with all different experiences and learning from them, and maybe even helping others with his own knowledge too. Jon’s a very friendly runner who runs with a smile on his face so if you are about head over to say hi.
Beacons Way Ultra 100 Mile – 2nd place – 2022 / Chester Ultra 50 Mile – 4th (2019), 3rd (2018), 7th (2017) / GB24® – 1st place (2018) / Chester Ultra 100 Mile – 2nd (2018) / The Wall 111km – 5th (2016) / Cotswold 24 Hour 162km – 3rd (2015).
Kelly Marie Staunton
Kelly Marie is currently age 28, has been running for a few years and has a huge love for ultrarunning which started in 2022. Kelly Marie loves ultrarunning, meeting new people, sharing her experience and knowledge with people, and being able to give something back to the community by volunteering on race and recce days. For Kelly Marie, being part of GB Ultras has been an amazing experience to meet so many likeminded people.
Yr Wyddfa Ultra 50 Mile – 1st Female – 2023 / Warrington Way Ultra – 1st Female (2023) / Rivington Round 40 Mile – 1st Female to complete & FKT (2023) / Old County Topps Fell Ultra 38 Miles 10500 ft – 5th Mixed Pair (2023) / Lakeland 100 Mile – 13th Female (2023) / Ultra Trail Wales 50 Mile – 2nd Female (2023) / Lakeland Trails 100km – 9th Female (2022) / Llangollen 50km Mountain Ultra – 5th Female (2022).
Adam Holland
Ultramarathon and endurance athlete from Devon, has won more marathons and ultras than anyone else in the UK, positioning Adam in the top 5 in the world for marathon wins, having run over 540. Adam has several Guinness World Records and when he was just 23 years old, he completed 100 marathons making him the youngest person in Europe to achieve this. Adam is also the fastest person to run 10 marathons in 10 days, with an average time of 2 hours 45 minutes. His fastest marathon to date was the 2018 Loch Ness marathon which he completed in 2:24:24 (h:mm:ss).
Orta 10 in 10 – 1st place – 2023 / Orkney Backyard Ultra 114km – 5th (2023) / Race Across Scotland 215 Mile – 1st (2021) / Gloucester 24 Hour Invitational – (2020) / Run Winschoten 50km – 3rd (2019) – 100km – 10th (2018) / JOGLE Ultra – 1st (2019) / Dartmoor Discovery 34 Mile – 1st (2018) / Dartmoor Trail Race – 2nd (2017) / Meridian Ultra – 1st (2017) / The Wall 111km – 1st (2017) / Canalothon 50km – 1st (2017) / Grim Reaper 100 Mile – 1st (2016) / Lightning 12 Hour – 1st (2016) / Thunder Run 24 Hour – 4th (2015) / Crawley A.I.M 6 Hour – 1st (2013) / The Oner 78 Mile – 1st (2013)
Josie Nye
Josie’s running journey began with obstacle course racing before discovering her love of long distances and the mountains. Josie love’s running in Wales and her favourite GB Ultras course is Yr Wyddfa Ultra 50. This year Josie is looking forward to experiencing more of the GB Ultras course’s and seeing how long she can run for at Hope Trail Festival 36 Hour.
Ranscombe Autumn 8 Hour 63km – 1st (2023) / Maverick South Downs – 1st Female (2023) / Suffolk Backyard Ultra – 8th Female (2023) / Beast of the Blacks 40 Mile – 2nd Female (2023) / Beachy Head Ultra – 1st Female (2022) / Yr Wyddfa Ultra 50 Mile – 2nd Female – 2022 / Snowdon 24 (105km) – 2nd Female (2022) / Serpent Trail 100km – 5th Female (2021) / Bewl Water Ultra 37 Mile – 1st Female (2021).
