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Chris Kelly wins in 24 hours 2 minutes, Melissa Venables is first lady in 34 hours 11 minutes and becomes the first to win in both directions.

Official results can be found here and the updated Hall of Fame here.

103 Starters. 48 Finishers.

Unfortunately, the following had to cut short their journey:

GUCR 2024 Retirements

Name Retired on Retired at Notes
Rod Viggers Sat @ 12:46 33 miles. Too much fun - not fit enough.
Dan Fallows Sat @ 13:18 Bridge 155 Injured knee
Laurence Chownsmith Sat @ 13:27 36 miles Haven't got the legs
Simon Sparkes Sat @ 14:26 Apsley Lock Injured right leg.
Marcelo Tordomar Sat @ 14:30 No location Not able meet the qualifying time for Spartathlon.
Nicole Atkinson Sat @ 15:13 Bridge 140 Unwell
Pete Chandler Sat @ 15:20 No location Injured hip and knee
Steve Feary Sat @ 15:35 Mile 37 approx Pulled muscle and sickness
Luke James Sat @ 16:09 Leighton Buzzard Tesco Problem with tendon in foot
Anja Hav Thomsen Sat @ 16:24 CP3 Blisters
Tom Kerrigan Sat @ 16:24 Bridge 151 Moving too slowly
Hasan Ocakli Sat @ 17:11 CP3 Done
Ed Barker-Wyatt Sat @ 17:22 CP3 Heat, Feeling rubbish. Nothing left in the tank.
Mike Blamires Sat @ 17:49 CP3 Timed out
Gregory Duce Sat @ 18:07 Slapton Lock Chest pain and upset stomach
Colin Bailey Sat @ 18:10 Leighton Buzzard Tesco Tripped and fell on chest.
John Mead Sat @ 19:23 Mile 55 Blisters
Kate Hayden Sat @ 19:32 Mile 56 Unwell
Simon Prytherch Sat @ 19:40 CP4 Some injuries that are going to get worse
Ettienne De Beer Sat @ 19:53 Mile 56 Hamstring injury
Gee Rosewarne Sat @ 20:00 CP4 Hip flexors have gone
Pete Summers Sat @ 20:22 Mile 65 Knee pain
Thomas Wilson Sat @ 20:32 CP4 Done
Anthony Tiernan Sat @ 20:33 CP4 Exhausted from heat
Amy Vilcans Sat @ 20:40 Bridge 106 I wont meet the cut off
Alf Batchelor Sat @ 20:55 CP4 Chest infection
Karen Peck Sat @ 21:00 CP4
Elizabeth Sim Sat @ 21:00 CP4
Andrew Miles Sat @ 21:05 CP4 Timed out
Stefan Olsson Sat @ 21:05 CP4 Timed out
Ian Sinclair Sat @ 23:07
Paul Zak Sat @ 23:29 Bridge 72 Bad back
Rick Nicholls Sun @ 01:28 Flecknoe Road Bridge General leg failure
Mike Preston Sun @ 01:35 CP5 Too tired
Sergey Ionov Sun @ 01:48 CP7 Feeling really bad
Andy Snow Sun @ 02:25 Mile 86 Injured leg
Nicholas Hill Sun @ 02:35 Blisworth Tunnel Left leg playing up
Mark O'Dell Sun @ 02:38 CP6 Had enough
Paul Ali Sun @ 03:11 CP6 Knee niggle
Stephen Hobbs Sun @ 03:35 CP6 Lack of sleep
Jordan Rodger Sun @ 04:10 CP6 Done
Dave Fawkner Sun @ 05:38 Bridge 41 Moving too slowly
Lewis Clarke Sun @ 06:12 Bugbrooke Bad feet
Alison Caldwell Sun @ 06:15 Bugbrooke Can't move quickly enough
Daniel Aylott Sun @ 06:28 Bucksby top lock Exhausted
David Beard Sun @ 11:57 Braunston Tunnel Injury
Steve Snow Sun @ 12:06 Birdingbury Brisge Feet ruined
David Gillespie Sun @ 12:12 Braunston Done in
Jeremy Webster Sun @ 12:55 Bridge 90 Zapped!
Natasha Farid Sun @ 13:22 Hatton Locks Chest infection
Javed Bhatti Sun @ 15:39 Hatton Locks Pulled back
Keith Jones Sun @ 16:07 Hatton Locks Nothing left to give.
Michael Baldwin Sun @ 16:55 Butt Bridge Blisters
Nick Neiwert Sun @ 18:32 Not able to make the next CP in time.
Philip Smith Sun @ 23:48 Bridge 88 Bad back
Note: Time and place of retirement are approximate.

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