Jez Bragg

Jeremy Bragg (born 13 April 1981)[1] is a British ultramarathon 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.[2] The next year, he was the United Kingdom 100k champion[3] and finished in eighteenth position at the IAU 100 km World Championships in Winschoten.[4]

In 2009, Bragg was victorious at both the Anglo Celtic Plate 100k, where he finished in a time of 6:58,[5] and in the 100k race at the Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships in Keswick.[6] The same year, he competed in the 100 mile Western States Endurance Run, finishing in third place. He returned to the latter event in 2011, when he was fourth in a time of 15:55.[7]

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 mudslide.[8]

In 2011, he set a course record of 10:06 at the Fellsman in the Yorkshire Dales.[9]

Bragg set the fastest known time for Te Araroa in New Zealand in late 2012 and early 2013, completing the route of approximately 3,050 kilometres (1,900 mi) in fifty-three days.[10] 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 paddling across the Cook Strait.[11]

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.[12]