User:Robin Harvie

Robin Harvie is an ultra-distance marathon runner, author and publisher.

He has been running marathons for 10 years and in 2009 took on the Spartathlon, the world's oldest and toughest ultra-distance race. Starting in Athens on the last Friday of September, it covers 152 miles, non-stop to Sparta. The cut off-time is 36 hours and less that 35% of runners finish.

He has run in the London Marathon, Paris Marathon, Copenhagen Marathon, Sri Shimnoy Self-Transcendence 100km ultra in Amsterdam in which he came 4th, The Rowbotham Round Rotherham 50-mile ultra, The Picnic Marathon, Tring to Town Ultra, The Bob Graham 24 Hour Round and the Spartathlon.

His book Why We Run: A Story of Obsession is an exploration into the world of ultra-distance runners, a philosophical enquiry into why millions of people around the world run every day, as well as being a memoir of a journey into adulthood.