Fiona Oakes
Fiona Oakes is a British distance runner who holds four world records for marathon running.[1][2][3][4] In 2013, she won both the Antarctic Ice Marathon and the North Pole Marathon. She runs despite losing a kneecap due to a tumour when she was 17.[5][6] Oakes has been vegan since she was 6 years old.[7] As far as Fiona is aware, she was the first vegan woman to complete the Marathon des Sables. She runs Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary,[8] is an ambassador for The Vegan Society,[9] and is a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society.[10]
World records
In 2013, Oakes became the fastest female in aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent (23h:27m:40s);[1] the fastest female in aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole (28h:20m:50s);[2] and the fastest female in elapsed time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole (225 days and 18 hours).[3] In 2018 Oakes broke her 4th Guinness World record by becoming the fastest female to run a half marathon in an animal costume (dressed as a cow) in Tromso, Norway (1h:32m:24s).[4]
Other achievements
In the women's category of the Atacama Crossing race in September 2018, Oakes won her age group (50 - 59). She also won stage six in her gender group in the same race.[11]
Oakes won the "Charity Champion" category of the 2018 Brave Britons Amplifon Awards.[12]
In 2019 Oakes qualified to represent England Masters in 2020 for both the Fleet half marathon and Bristol 10km races.[13] Both qualifications were subsequently carried over to 2021 as a result of cancellations[14] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Running for Good
Oakes was the subject of Running for Good, a documentary film by Keegan Kuhn, centred around her run in the 2017 Marathon des Sables.[15]
References
- ^ a b "Fastest time to complete a marathon on each continent, aggregate (female)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ a b "Fastest aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole (female)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ a b "Fastest time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole (female)". Guinness World Records. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ a b "Fastest time to complete a half marathon in an animal costume (female)". Guinness World Records. 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ Finn, Adharanand (25 November 2019). "Vegan runners: can a plant-based diet provide what you need to compete – and win". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Williams, Tom (25 March 2015). "The vegan 'Queen of the Extreme'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Interview with Fiona Oakes: Vegan Marathon Runner". Viva La Vegan!. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "About Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary". www.towerhillstables.org. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ "The Vegan Society, Ambassadors". vegansociety.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
- ^ "CAPS - Who we are". Captiveanimals.org. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ "Atacama Crossing Chile (2018) official website".
- ^ Ellis Whitehouse (17 October 2018). "Dengie's Fiona Oakes wins Amplifon Award for animal sanctuary work". Maldon & Burnham Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "2020 Vegan Runners UK AGM – Bristol". 25 February 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "10k Masters team opportunities". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Running For Good".
External links
- Matthew Knight and Duarte Mendonca (5 March 2015). Fiona Oakes: 'Queen of the Extreme' redefines art of running. CNN. Accessed on 24 June 2015.
- Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary
- Fiona Oakes Foundation
- "Fiona Oakes - runbritain rankings". runbritain. UK Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
