{"id":27174,"date":"2023-06-26T15:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=27174"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:33:50","slug":"record-for-fastest-munro-round-smashed-by-jamie-aarons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/record-for-fastest-munro-round-smashed-by-jamie-aarons\/","title":{"rendered":"Record for fastest Munro round smashed by Jamie Aarons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hill runner Jamie Aarons has smashed the record for a continuous round of the Munros<\/a>. She summitted her final Munro, Ben Klibreck<\/a> just before 5pm today, 26th June – in a time of\u00a0<\/strong>31 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jamie, photographed by Juliane Friedrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


Jamie began her round on May 26 at 6:30am on the Isle of Mull. Her round was undertaken on foot, bike and kayak. The route involved 1,315km of running and another 1,249km of cycling, 11km of kayaking, with a total of over 120,000m of ascent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The previous record was set by Donnie Campbell who completed the round in just over 31 days and 23 hours. The previous female record for a continuous round was held by Libby Kerr and Lisa Trollope, who took 76 days and 10 hours back in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jamie in the Cairngorms | Photo: Juliane Friedrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jamie is raising funds for World Bicycle Relief; as she completed the total stood at over \u00a312,500; you can contribute using the link below. The money raised buys bikes for students, teachers and healthcare workers in rural locations around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JustGiving page: https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/jamiesmunrochallenge<\/a>
More info: https:\/\/jamiesmunrochallenge.run\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hill runner Jamie Aarons has smashed the record for a continuous round of the Munros. She summitted her final Munro, Ben Klibreck just before 5pm today, 26th June – in a time of\u00a031 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. Jamie began her round on May 26 at 6:30am on the Isle of Mull. Her round was undertaken on foot, bike and kayak. The route involved 1,315km of running and another 1,249km of cycling, 11km of kayaking, with a total of over 120,000m of ascent. The previous record was set by Donnie Campbell who completed the round in just over 31…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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