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#RIDUM 30 miler 🖤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 : 06.09.2025 💫
The day I completed the @pegasusultrarunning SLAM :
6 ultra marathons in 6 months 🥹💫

My Indian timing on posting this has a reason. I’ve struggled with all of the emotions that naturally come with completing something that means a lot to us. I can’t be nonchalant about achieving something like this though. It meant more to me than I can express. Partly because I was in shock that I’d done it. Partly because runners who look like me don’t do stuff like this … but actually maybe they do 🥹

5 weeks ago my body allowed me to complete something EPIC. 6 ultra marathons in 6 months … with a distance PB thrown into the middle too when we ran my favourite race of the SLAM #EDDUM 50 miler in August 😍

As a runstreaker and hobby runner, I don’t race every often. This took me so far out of my comfort zone … in fact it’s taught me so much about how my body works and a lot about my own resilience too. It’s been the adventure I hoped it would be and so much more 😍

I shared these 6 races with 2 amazing women who I will talk about more in another post but for now … I’ll just leave it at thank you to my running wifey @catrinfenton and my running sister @neetshoots for not only being incredible running partners but also for putting up with my bullshit & allowing me to be a passenger princess because I can’t navigate for shit 🤪 We’ve created a life time of memories 🐑🐑 🐑😍 & I love you both very much 🥰

The route of RIDUM was spicy 🌶️ but beautiful. This race was full of so much emotion though! Each step was one step closer to getting that hard earned block of wood with my name on it! 😍

My take away from the #SLAM ? It’s been a beautiful adventure. Wales is stunning 😍 But it’s the friendships I’ve made over the last 7 months! 😍 I’m so grateful for the gorgeous faces that have helped me combat many a tough moment through our shared love of dark humour 🤣 Our #SLAM Squad in particular is just the best! And Squats fix everything 🤪

Thanks to all of the volunteers too! ♥️

This was #runstreak day 2,739 🤪

There will lots of race spam posts to follow. Sorry not sorry ✌🏽

For now… peace out 😘 xx

#ultramarathon by @ravbillan

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a year ago

🔔 Ring that distance & elevation PB bell 🔔
#EDDUM 50 miler ✌🏽
8.507ft of elevation ⛰️
It’s taken me a whole week to process this one 🥹

Wow 😮 Did that really happen?! How did my body allow it to? How did my legs carry on moving? How did we find some magical super rocket power in the last 3 miles of the race and speed up! 😜

This was Ultra Marathon #5 of the 6 in the @pegasusultrarunning #SLAM that I’ve been running to fundraise for @rs_trust 🥰

The MOST incredible day, stunning landscape, forever memories made with my two amazing women I get to call my running wifey @catrinfenton and sister @neetshoots 🥰 We picked up @trigbaggingherefordshire along the way who didn’t seem to tire of our bullshit 😂 We laughed, joked, shared our inner thoughts & tried to stay upright as we climbed each non forgiving incline, ran down each rocky slope, fought through 7ft ferns and navigated our way by spotting yellow posts that at times were invisible! I loved this so much! A proper adventure! 🥰😂

Feeling hugely privileged to have completed this one tbh. Loved sharing the day with our awesome #SLAM squad, Punk, Albany rd & SheRuns mates! I’ve never shouted “Oye Oye” so many times before but loved spotting each other on the landscape! Hooligans 😂

Thanks to @chris_lets_go_run for telling me off at CP1 (needed it!) @outdoorgirlontheweb for the chips at CP4 & @cath_thomps for looking after me at CP5! @gp.runs for being my lighting technician at the finish line - that selfie wouldn’t have been possible without you! ✌🏽

I learnt so much that day. About me. About my body. Just felt very emotional and proud as we crossed that finish line in 15.5 hours. Don’t know how I didn’t cry. Must have been that last blooming hill! Who puts a finish line on a hill! 😂🥹

Good times. Beautiful landscape. Gorgeous friends. Epic memories.😍

Just one more race to go & I’ll have achieved something I never thought was possible for someone like me. This epic adventure is almost over 🥹

Also the runstreak survived! Woohoo!! 🥳 This was runstreak day 2,704. Feeling so thankful to my little legs for putting up with my bullshit 🥹

Onwards we go 💖 xxx by @ravbillan

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#runstreak day 1,669 💗🖤
2 weeks ago today: I FINALLY DID IT 🔥
4:48:19 🔥🔥🔥🔥
3 years later. 3rd time lucky.
2 weeks ago I did something that was the biggest lifetime goal of my life.
I finally ran the @londonmarathon 😍

The time was irrelevant. Doing it and having fun became the mission of the day. I still haven’t found the right words to record this as a post. But. It meant everything to me. 🤩

The last year has been the most challenging of my entire 42 years. The fact I’m still here to write this post is a testament in itself.

I nearly lost my daughter. But I actually almost lost myself. A very broken version of me ran the most amazing dream race on earth and it was more than I wanted it to be. I loved every second. Every hug. Every message. Every DM. Every comment giving me support. 🥰

I am not an athlete. I am just me. A hard working entrepreneur who is a mum of 3 and enjoys running daily. PB’s are amazing when they happen. This race was zero to do with getting one. It was about me having fun 🤩

A HUGE thank you to do many of you that spotted me and hugged me enroute🖤 this meant so much to me. I have never felt more like an imposter as I did the day I rocked up on this start line. I am not a serious runner. Times mean nothing to me. Races mean nothing to me. I don’t parkrun which apparently is what runners are meant to do.

I run for me. I run for my own headspace. I am so over the moon this huge bucket list race is done. But hopefully I’ll never run another road race again 😂

For someone with not much to say, I’ve said a lot. But sorry the @londonmarathon spam from me has just started 😆 I have 138 official pics of me smiling to share for starters 😂😂😂

Sorry if I’ve not replied to your messages yet. I’m not being ignorant. Just very overwhelmed by completing a lifetime goal.

So so much love to you all … this was meant to be the end of the runstreak but …. onwards we go …. for now 🤪

Much love from little me xxx 💗🖤

#londonmarathon #believeinyourself #runnergirl #marathon #ididit #abbotsmarathonmajors #sixpackrevolution #runningpunks #medalmonday by @ravbillan

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4 years ago

🌟 1000 DAYS ALCOHOL FREE BABY 🌟
Although it’s now a way of life, I felt like I needed to mark the occasion with a post 💖

1,000 days of being more present, of being a better mum, of being able to be mum taxi at 1am when the teenagers need picking up, of being able to wake up at 4am so I can squeeze in a long run, of being able to push my body to do things it’s never done before, of being able to run distances I never thought possible for a hobby runner like me, of still being able to go out and dance until 2am 💃🏽, of sitting in pub gardens and bars with friends who do drink and enjoying their company and not feeling like I’m missing out, of never having to wake up with a sore head and miss out on half of the next day, the clarity of my thoughts…. I don’t spiral if I’m feeling low… (IYKYK) the alcohol just exasperated whatever emotion I was feeling …. The good and the not so good 🌀. And last but not least, just feeling better in my own skin and being healthier 💖

It’s not for everyone. I get that and this isn’t a preach post. Genuinely don’t give a fuck what anyone else does, it’s your lives, do whatever makes you happy kids. I do 😂 But, this was very much the best decision I’ve ever made for myself- both physically and mentally 💖

Saved a ton of money that has now gone on adventures and holidays with my teenage dragons and family and lots more races (and everything that comes with a “free” hobby like running 😂)

Here’s to more adventures and memories with the people I love and care about the most 💖

Today is runstreak day 3,125 💖 And yes … I do realise that I am a creature of habit and I do love a streak of some sort (just not the naked running kind!) 😂

Healthier. Fitter. More Present ♥️

Onwards we go 💫

#ultrarunner #ultramarathon #alcoholfree #sobriety #strongnotskinny by @ravbillan

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10 days ago

When you think your bestie has caught a really cool video of you running in the mountains looking like an pro trail runner ..… and you realise you actually run like Captain Jack after a couple of bottles of rum 🤪

Found this video Cat took from our Pen Y Fan adventure last year when I was looking for something else 😂 This audio is perfect and very me (even for someone who doesn’t drink anymore… not you’d ever be able to tell with my lack of balance) 😂

🎥 @catrinfenton 🐑

📣 Just an fyi to my running squad. We need to go on more adventures. Please. And thank you 💖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#ultramarathon #ultrarunner #runnergirl #trailrunning #strongnotskinny taken in Pen Y Fan, Brecon Beacons by @ravbillan

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When you’re 73km into your 100km race and delirium hits so hard that you accidentally become human for a short period of time 🤪

A little flashback to my @ultrachallenges 100km race in the Lake District in June this year. I haven’t really posted very much about the race other than I’d finished 🤪 But it was a huge personal achievement and I always find that it takes me longer to process these big races than most people 🤪

So I’ve taken my time. I’ve allowed my body time to recover and my head to come to terms with what my body allowed me to do 💖

So I’m ready to start posting up random snippets of race day and a few memories I want for myself to have and look back on this grid of mine 💖

As I was looking back at the many clips I took, this one made me chuckle 🤭 I was 14 hours into a challenging race and my period had started before we reached the 1st check point. I “may have” complained a bit … a lot … whatever 😂

But in this moment as we had climbed yet another huge hill … the sunset just blew me away. The complaining stopped. The gratitude took over. I think I may have even been nice … but that part is a rumour and I doubt it was even true 🤪

This view. That moment. I’m so glad I captured it 😍

I’ll never take it for granted that I’ll always be able to move freely. And I’ll always see the privilege of witnessing sunrise or sunset as being special ♥️

Find what you love. Do it often ♥️ xxx

#ultramarathon #ultrarunner #runnergirl #trailrunning #strongnotskinny taken in Lake District by @ravbillan

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2 months ago

Happy birthday to my running wifey @catrinfenton 💖

Thank you for all of the jackass adventures we’ve been on together, for making me think falling over is a normal thing to do on trails, for being my human filter 😜, for joining me and @neetshoots and creating best trio of sheep ever 🐑 🐑 🐑, for converting me into joining the ultra marathon cult, for doing your best to try and teach me how to navigate 🗺️, for forever allowing me to the passenger princess on runs, for reminding me about the same things 4 millions times over because my memory is worse than Dory, for agreeing to support me with my batshit ideas, for never tiring of listening to my nonsense rants & for the 2 hugs you gave me last year (one under duress but I don’t care as it still counts) 😂

Love you millions (even if you are a dickhead) 💖

Onwards to Chapter 46 and a whole new adventure 💫

Here’s to making more bad decisions and gaslighting each other that they are good ideas. We FAFO and never learn 😂

Ps we need more CatCam footage 😂😂😂😂 xxx

#bestie #birthdaygirl #ultrarunner #runnergirl #catthecow 🐮 🐈‍⬛ 🐑 by @ravbillan

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3 months ago

💫🥳 900 DAYS ALCOHOL FREE BABY 🥳💫
Whilst I know it’s not for everyone, but it was by far the best decision I made for my own health. Both physically and mentally 🥰

I’ve run further than I ever thought possible, I’ve trained harder than I thought I could, I’ve been up and out training at 4am through the dark winter months, whilst juggling various business ventures, being laser focused in my career and being much more present as a parent ♥️

The best part? Knowing that whatever time my teenager dragons need picking up from their busy social lives and nights out that I am always able to just jump in the car and get them. Knowing that my kids can always rely upon me. That feeling is just priceless ♥️

I’m not saying it’s forever, but it’s become a lifestyle choice I’ve grown to love. I can’t see what I would gain from going back to drinking alcohol again now, I’d just lose the things that its given me 🥰

Healthier. Fitter. More Present ♥️

👚 @samsonathletics
Stronger Thighs - models own ✌🏽

Onwards we go 💫

#ultrarunner #ultramarathon #alcoholfree #sobriety #strongnotskinny 💪🏽 by @ravbillan

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4 months ago

Representation Matters ✌🏽
You don’t have to be the fastest in the room, but you do need to be in the room to be seen and counted ♥️

Real change happens from turning up, whilst defying both cultural and societal norms. Having the bravery to dream bigger, push further and having the mental fortitude and physical strength to carry on even when you’re exhausted 🙌🏽

Making the start line in one piece is never a given, crossing the finish line is never a guarantee. Feeling hugely privileged to be able to have completed this epic distance on Sunday morning at 5am, with a huge smile on my face and feeling super proud of myself 🥰

Maiden 100km in the Lake District ✅
26th female 💃🏽

Feel the fear. Train like a beast. Do it anyway 🔥

Onwards we go 💖 xx

#ultramarathon #lakedistrict #strongnotskinny #ultrarunner #representationmatters ✌🏽 taken in Kendal, Lakedistrict by @ravbillan

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4 months ago

🔔 DISTANCE PB 🔔
100km - completed it mate 🤪
At 5:08am this morning, I crossed the finish line! 🏁
Time: 21 hours 38 mins 41 secs ⏰
63.8 miles ✅
8,356 ft of elevation 🏞️
26th female 💖
131 overall 🙌🏽
No of times I almost fell over: 5 million (approx) 🤸🏽‍♀️
No of times I actually fell over : 1 🤕
No of times I was chased by a herd of cows : 1 🐄
No of times a stranger gave me a hug & told me that representation matters especially in Ultra running & to do this one for the girls : 1 🥹
No of times I kidnapped a fellow runner that I didn’t know and forced them to be my friend & run with me at 1am so I wasn’t alone going up pitch black hills and through fields of cows pretending to be asleep : 1 🤪
#runstreak day 3,012 🥳
Ultra Marathon Number 11 : My toughest & most epic challenge to date! 😍

A huge thank you to anyone that has reached out with support, guidance, words of “encouragement” or tracked me yesterday. I’m a bit overwhelmed by it 🥹

Ps. Extra loud shout out to my little legs ♥️

@ultrachallenges Thanks for yet another awesome Ultra marathon adventure 🥰

My 1st 100km and biggest challenge so far - done 😍

Peace out ✌🏽

#ultramarathon #trailrunning #ultrarunner #lakesdistrict taken in Kendal, Lakedistrict by @ravbillan

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4 months ago

Gulp 🤪
5 months of training … the scores on the doors 🙌🏽
778.8 miles 🏃🏽‍♀️
56,552 ft of elevation 🏞️
2 x Ultra Marathons done as training runs 🤪
All for one race @ultrachallenges 100km in the Lake District tomorrow!! (In the pissing rain whilst on my period but who doesn’t love extra challenges) 😂

I’ve never run this far before … it’s ultra marathon number 11 and it’s a huge unknown, I’ve made peace with the fact it could be the end of the runstreak … but what a way to end it if my body decides that it’s enough! But who knows … I may run on Sunday afternoon but in reality I may not 🤪😍

I’m fundraising for @breastcancernow and I’m only £39 off my target 🎯 My link is my bio if anyone wants to donate, I’d be hugely grateful 🙏🏽💖💖

Anyway I’m off to scoff some pizza , do a load of squats (IYKYK 🤪) and try to sleep! Catch you all on the flip side (hopefully with a medal, my body intact and some fun stories to share!) 🤪

Thanks for all of the lovely messages 🥰 It’s almost time to dance!! 😍💃🏽

Huge love. Peace out ✌🏽 xxx

#ultramarathon #trailrunning #runnergirl #ultrarunner #strongnotskinny by @ravbillan

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4 months ago

RUNSTREAK DAY 3,000 BABY!!! 💃🏽🪩
On the 9th March 2018 I accidentally started a runstreak … the reason I say accidentally is because it started as a dare when I was already 5 days into running every day 🤣 I’m looking at you Scott (aka man with dog) 👀🤣

Anyway who knew that it would turn into the most epic adventure and what a ride it’s been! The sights I’ve seen and the memories I’ve made … and it’s brought some “alright” humans into my life too 🥰🥹

Feeling super provided and grateful to have a body that allows me to be a dick! This runstreak will end one day, maybe tomorrow, maybe in a few years time and I take nothing for granted. But until then I’ll continue to enjoy the views and have fun until such a time 🤪

Anyway scores on the doors :
Total runstreak mileage : 12,988 miles ✅
Total runstreak elevation: 745,677 ft of elevation 🏞️

For those of you that are geeks like me 🤓 it also equates to :
0.52 x around the earth 🌍
0.05 x to the moon 🌙
25.7 climbs x Mount Everest 🏔️

Not too shabby little legs 😜

Onwards we go to the next adventure 🏃🏽‍♀️💖

So for now, I’ll carry on sharing my nonsense … and if it bothers you … don’t watch it. Weirdo 🤣

👚 @aside.fitness No Days Off squad ✌🏽🖤

Huge love 🥰 Peace out ✌🏽 xxxx

#runstreak #ultramarathon #trailrunner #runnergirl #strongnotskinny by @ravbillan

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