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FU Covid Edition 2021
2020 event rolls over to 2021, to be held on April 17 as the FU Covid edition. We hope that FU Covid will be as successful as the FU Irma edition in 2018!
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Event Postponed to later in year; date still to be set
2020 event postponed. We are looking for a suitable new date in the latter part of the year, but while the situation is changing so quickly, we don’t want to fix a new date which may have to change again. These are extraordinary times. We will send regular updates until there is more certainty. All entries will automatically roll over into the new date.
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David Kilgore To Challenge 2020 KPMG Tortola Torture
Globe-trotting trail runner David Kilgore, 27, will be taking on the 2020 KPMG Tortola Torture a 34-mile ultramarathon in the British Virgin Islands.
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BVI Runners Take On The Wings For Life World Run
Jules Potgieter and Sergio Dantas put in great efforts in today’s Wings For Life World Run. Globally over 81,496 runners took part. Sergio was 8,342 overall having run 23.88km in just over 2 hours before he was caught by the Catcher Car; Jules was 8,508 having covered 23.74km before she was caught – and 1,096…
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2019 KPMG Tortola Torture A Battle Of The Virgin Islands
Runners from the British and US Virgin Islands duked it out in the mens and ladies divisions. The US Virgin Islands won this year’s event with TJ Hindes from St John taking the mens with a time of 04:54:33.8, while Allison Janusziewicz from St Croix took the ladies in 06:08:54.10.
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Large Field Of Individuals Ready For 2019 KPMG Tortola Torture
A record 44 individuals are set to compete in the 2019 KPMG Tortola Torture. These 29 men and 17 women will joined on the course by 6 2-person and 11 3-person teams.
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BVI Runners Vying For Places In Red Bull’s Global Running Event
TICO, the official Red Bull distributor for BVI, will send the top male and female BVI resident finishers of this year´s KPMG Tortola Torture to compete in the Wings for Life World Run (WFLWR) in Sunrise, Florida on May 5, 2019. The WFLWR is a global charity event which takes place in 222 cities and…
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28 Compete In 2019 Ring Of Fire
Congratulations to the 28 potential Torturers that took part in yesterday’s (January 26, 2019) Ring Of Fire which started and finished at Brewer’s Bay bridge on a reasonably hot afternoon! 4.72 miles, 1500 feet up, 1500 feet down and won by Neil Riley with a time of 37 minutes and 19 seconds.
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Records Fall In Record-Breaking Caribbean Ultramarathon
Avery Collins from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, set a new record in the 4th annual KPMG Tortola Torture, a 34-mile ultramarathon in the British Virgin Islands. With a time of 4 hours, 35 minutes and 47 seconds, Avery took a handsome 9 minutes and 18 seconds off Eric Senseman’s 2016 record-setting time (04:45:05).
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