Ricky William Lightfoot (born 31 March 1985)Association of Road Racing Statisticians: Ricky Lightfoot. is a British runner who has been a world champion in trail running and a medallist in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge.
Biography Lightfoot began competing in fell races at the age of fourteen after being inspired by his school caretaker Brian TayloriRunFar: The Fells Favourite Son: An Interview with Ricky Lightfoot. and was encouraged by his parents Robert and Kathleen.Times & Star: Fell Running Lightfoot Lives up to his Name. He has been sponsored by Salomon since 2008.Cotswold Outdoor: An Interview with Trail Running World Champion Ricky Lightfoot. Lightfoot is a member of Ellenborough AC.
He has won several of the most prestigious fell races, including the Three Peaks Race,Grough: Ricky Lightfoot Squeezes Three Peaks Race Win Between Firefighting Night Shifts. Wasdale,Cumberland & Westmorland Herald: Bell and Collison in Impressive Form at Wasdale Horseshoe Race. Borrowdale,Times & Star: Lightfoot Storms to Borrowdale Win. Ennerdale,Lakeland Classics Trophy: Ennerdale 2007 Results. the Three ShiresThe Westmorland Gazette: Lightfoot is King of Three Shires. and Skiddaw.Keswick AC: Skiddaw Fell Race 2009. He won the Lakeland Classics Trophy series in 2007Graham Breeze, "Broken Records: 6th (2007) Lakeland Classics Trophy", The Fellrunner, Spring 2008, 44-46. and 2015.Lakeland Classics Trophy: 2015 Results.
He has also competed domestically on other surfaces, winning the Brampton to Carlisle and Derwentwater 10 road races and the Cumbria Cross Country Championships.Power of 10: Ricky Lightfoot.
Internationally, Lightfoot won the Zegama-Aizkorri race in 2009Zegama-Aizkorri: Classifications. and finished third in that season’s Skyrunner World Series. He was also third in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge that year when the event was incorporated into the Kaisermarathon in Söll.IAAF: Lauenstein and Pichrtova win Kaisermarathon Titles in Söll.
He won the Hammer Trail in Denmark, his first ultramarathon, in 2012.Salomon Trail Tour: Hammertime: Ricky Lightfoot Relives his Danish 50 Miler at the Hammer Trail. In 2013, he won the IAU Trail World Championships when the competition was held in Llanrwst.IAAF: Lightfoot and Mauclair triumph at IAU Trail World Championships. Also that year, he won the Trail du Colorado in RéunionTrail du Colorado: Winners. and the Otter Trail Run in South Africa.Otter Trail Run: Records Fall as the Best Chase the Grail.
In 2014, he was victorious at the Dodo Trail in MauritiusEruption Studio on YouTube: The Dodo Trail 2014. and the following year he won the Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira.iancorless.com: Ultra Skymarathon Madeira 2015.
In 2022, he won the Man versus Horse Marathon.
Lightfoot works as a firefighter, based at Workington Fire StationNews & Star: The Light Feet of Ricky Lightfoot. and is managed by Iconic Agency.
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