James qualifies for Duathlon World Championships
James competed in the Clumber Classic Duathlon in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire this weekend and after finishing sixth in his age group completed his aim of qualifying for the Duathlon World Championships in Edinburgh in September. James finished the 10k run - 40k bike - 5k run in a time of 01:55:26.
London 2012 to showcase the best of
British food in 2012
LOCOG has outlined its vision for food at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012 - the largest peace-time catering operation in the world. London 2012’s vision is to provide a wide choice of food and drink for all customers at Games time, and to ensure that the best of British food is on offer. London 2012 Sustainability Ambassador James Cracknell commented,
“As well as the millions of ticket holders and spectators, the Organising Committee is also responsible for feeding more than 15,000 athletes across both the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. When you’re an athlete at a Games, you want to know that the right food is available at the right time – it’s a vital part of your preparation. The approach being taken for the food provision at London 2012 is the same for both athletes and spectators – responsibly sourced and ensuring a wide choice.”
James completes Grim 8
James finished in 8th place in the Grim 8 challenge on Saturday 5th December in a time of just 57 minutes and 6 second. James took part in the 8 mile long off road challenge in Aldershot along with workmates from Threshold Sports who all proved they had what it takes!
James breaks marathon PB in New York
In his latest feat, James completed the famous New York marathon course in his fastest ever marathon time of just 2:54:17 on 1st November 2009. James finished 576th out of over 40,000 runners completing the run that takes in Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Manhattan, finishing in Central Park.
James and Ben charity rickshaw ride
James’ completed his latest challenge with Ben Fogle – finishing on Monday 5th October at this year’s Pride of Britain Awards – when the pair reached London after an epic 450 mile non-stop rickshaw cycle from Edinburgh to London.
James and Ben battled 70mph winds to keep the rickshaw on track. James said: "It was windy as hell and pretty hairy. We had to take the canopy down as it became like a sail."
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James PB in Great North Run
James completed the 13 mile 2009 Great North Run on a sunny day yesterday (Sunday 20th September) in just 1 hour 18 minutes – over a minute faster than his target time. After suffering from a sore hip for the past few weeks, this was an incredible achievement.
"The hip was sore throughout the race, like I had been told it would be," says Cracknell. "What kept me going, though, was remembering what the consultant had said to me, which was that although running the race would hurt the hip, it wouldn't do any long-term damage. That's what I kept telling myself all the way round."
James joins Team Telegraph
James will be joining Team Telegraph to run the iconic Great North Run this year on Sunday 20th September. Team Telegraph will be raising money for Access Sport, a charity that James is also an Ambassador for.
To support James visit www.justgiving.com/teamtelegraph
Record Attempt
To mark the launch of the Deloitte Ride Across Britain James decided to undertake his own cycling challenge and teamed up with Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Romero to attempt to break the non-stop mixed tandem Land's End to John O'Groats record. The current record is 51 hours 19 minutes and 23 seconds set by Andy Wilkinson and Lynne Taylor in 2000. James and Rebecca set off on Monday 3rd August but sadly were forced to abandon the attempt just over 500 miles and 30 hours in due to discomfort in Rebecca's knees. Both are extremely dissapointed and would like to extend their thanks to all of the people who came out to support them. Please see www.rideacrossbritain.com and www.telegraph.co.uk
Ride Across Britain
James, co-founding director of event organisers Threshold Sports, is proud to announce a new and unique British cycling event - the Deloitte Ride Across Britain. The mass participation event will offer the opportunity for solo riders and relay teams to cycle the iconic route from John O'Groats to Land's End over nine days starting on Saturday 12th June 2010. For further details please see www.rideacrossbritain.com
James joins 2012 team
James Cracknell has been appointed to be the Sustainability Ambassador by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG).
With his previous experience as an Olympic Athlete, James is the ideal candidate to articulate the five key areas of combating climate change; reducing waste; enhancing biodiversity; promoting inclusion and encouraging healthy living across the wider community at large.
European Triathlon Championships
On the first weekend of July, James once again donned a GB vest as he competed in the European Triathlon Championships in Holten, Netherlands, as part of the British team. James crossed the line in two hours, eight minutes and seven seconds placing him eighth in the 35-39 age group.
“It was great to compete in a big arena. My swim just wasn’t good enough. No one passed me on the bike and I think one person passed me on the run. Making my debut for the team, I was happy with a top ten position. It was a strong category for the British team and I’m delighted we won sliver and bronze medals.”
On Thin Ice
The long awaited documentary 'On Thin Ice' will be aired for five one hour programmes beginning Sunday, 28th June at 9pm on BBC2. The programmes will take you back to when TV presenter Ben Fogle and James first began thinking about the South Pole race right the way to the finish line and every drama in between. For an honest first hand account of this, their latest challenge, don’t miss James’ fourth book ‘Race to the Pole’ which he also co-authored with Ben.
Body Science: James Cracknell
James is delighted to announce that he has teamed up with Dorling Kindersley to release his latest book: Body Science; The Head to Toe guide to Science in You. “Science affects our bodies all of the time. We are basically a living experiment” James enthuses. “Understanding how your body works is a huge subject, but in this book we’ve broken it up into small chunks – there are no boring biology diagrams! I promise that every time you turn a page there’ll be a fact about the body that will shock or surprise you. You will start to realise how amazing your body is.’
Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race
In April 2009 James took on the Devizes to Westminster canoe challenge along with ex marine canoeing partner Bernie Shrosbree. The non-stop version of the race that James and Bernie tackled is the longest non-stop canoe race in the world and the pair finished 16th in the race in a time of just 20 hours 36 minutes.
Congratulations Team Qinetiq
James, Ben and Ed successfully reached the South Pole at 3.30pm on 22nd January 2009 after 18 days, 5 hours and 28 minutes of racing. They travelled 473.6 miles during the race, pulling 70kg pulks and finished in a fantastic 2nd place, just over 20 hours behind Norwegian long distance ski experts 'Team Missing Link'. For further information on the team and the
race click on the links below.
Read the Sunday Telegraph’s exclusive inside story.