A 40-year-old British ultrarunner was discovered useless on Tuesday morning following a two-day search. Edward Catmur of London went lacking on a run in Cumbria, U.Okay., on New Yr’s Eve.
A physique has been recovered throughout the seek for lacking fell runner, Edward Catmur.
The physique was recovered earlier right now (1 Jan) within the Cross Fell space.
Edward’s household has been knowledgeable of developments.
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In response to the BBC and Cumbria police, Catmur travelled to Cumbria desiring to run by way of the North Pennines from Dufton, close to Appleby, to Cross Fell and Hartside Cross. He was reported lacking on New Yr’s Day after not being heard from after 10 a.m. on Dec. 31.
The native police despatched out a rescue group on Jan. 1, following Catmur’s deliberate route on Monday. A police helicopter discovered his physique on a snow-covered path on Monday evening within the Cross Fell space, simply north of Penrith. There was a big snowfall within the space, in response to the police.
This was not Catmur’s first time visiting or working within the Lake District Nationwide Park space; he beforehand ran the Bob Graham Spherical with a number of mates in 2021, finishing the 110 km loop in slightly below 24 hours.
Catmur was a software program engineer residing in Chicago however was again within the U.Okay. for the vacations. He was an avid runner. On the day earlier than he went lacking (Dec. 30), he participated in Penrith parkrun, the place he ran an 18-minute 5K. He additionally competed on the 2023 Comrades Marathon, the place he completed 254th. He additionally gained the challenger race on the Montane Backbone Race in 2015.
Fell working is the game of working and racing off-road, over upland nation the place the gradient climbed is a major factor of the issue. The identify arises from the origins of the English sport on the fells of northern Britain, particularly these within the Lake District.
