S5E1 -- UMUK 515 race directors Ben Peresson and Richard Groome

Ben Peresson and Richard Groome from UMUK join me to talk about their ultra races and share their backgrounds in the sport.   

Ben is a “black shirt” Norseman Xtreme racer and Marathon Des Sables finisher.  Richard has taken on The Brutal and rode every stage of the Tour de France with a magazine map as his guide.  

Together, they, like many race directors, fell into organizing the UMUK rather than see it go away.  We discuss the direction of their events and they give an excellent description of what makes the Snowdonia region of Wales an exceptional place to host a 515 event.

This year's event is happening September 1 - 3, 2023.   You can follow on Instagram.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Norseman Xtreme
• Marathon Des Sables
• UMUK  
• Ironman Wales
• The Brutal 
• Parkrun
• Ironman World Championships
• Ironman Lanzarote 
• Raid Pyrenees 
• Tour de France
• Sail 4 Cancer
• OxFam
• Snowdonia Society
• UM Canada
• Ultra 520K Canada 
• Finding Ultra – book
• Ultra MX 515
• Becoming Forrest: One man's epic run across America – book
• Great DIvide Ride
• Race Across America

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Carol Peresson
• Andrea Pocher
• Claire Peresson
• Darren Welsh 
• Lance Armstrong
• Andy  Hayward
• Steve Brown ​​(S2E13)
• Rich Roll
• Charlotte Chambers
• Mark Beaumont   
• Van Sanchez (S2E13)
• Rob Pope

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Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331
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