CURRICULUM VITAE: Elizabeth Hawker
PERSONAL INFORMATION
SURNAME:Hawker
FIRST NAMES:Elizabeth
COUNTRY:Great Britain
DATE OF BIRTH:10/03/1976
CLUB:Nedbank Running Club
Lizzy is still relatively new to the world of ultra-distance and endurance running, having fallen into it more by chance than design during the last few years. However, during that time her achievements have snowballed. In 2008 a summer of racing hard in the Alps culminated in her 2nd win at The North Face Ultra-Trail Tour du Mont Blanc (14th position overall). Not limited to the mountains, however, she achieved a Gold Medal for Great Britain in the 2006 100km World Championships. In 2007, together with Stephen Pyke, she set a new record running from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu just days after reaching the summit of Ama Dablam. She also won the inaugural 2007 Mountain Marathon Cup, has set new records in the Zermatt Marathon and Davos 78km Alpine Run, and has represented England and Great Britain in the 100km.
Her real love is for the mountains, they are her inspiration. Until now running has sort of happened ‘on the side’. Lizzy is hoping now to start to learn how to draw on her potential and discover what is possible, finding a balance between competitive endurance events and pursuing her mountaineering and ski-mountaineering aspirations. However, the most important thing for her is to always still only ever run simply for the love of it, with the heart and soul as well as the head and legs.
Lizzy is passionate about the Antarctic, mountains and wilderness, and so is deeply concerned about the environment and is committed to principles of conservation and sustainability. She is an environmental scientist by training (a mountain-loving polar oceanographer, achieving her PhD in 2005) and has taken part in many research cruises to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean.
Her dream is to encourage people to realise the sanctuary and inspiration of the mountains, the richness of our environment and our responsibility to protect it, and the value of challenging yourself both physically and mentally.
PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCES
DistanceTime
21.1 km1:17:35
42.2 Km2:47:55
50 km3:21:23
100 km7:29:12
Fastest world performance times for 50 km and 100 km in 2006 - road running
2011
1st place Annapurna 100 15:36 hrs
1st place Hong Kong 100 12:18 hrs
6th place Two Oceans 56km (Cape Town)3:46:46
7th placeComrades Marathon up run6:48:29
3rd place Zermatt Marathon 3:57:07
1st place Swiss Alpine Davos 78km7:16:17
1st place Gondo Event (double marathon) 8:36:08
2010
1st place Transgrancanaria 123 km 15:41:36 hrs
1st place Winterthur Marathon 2:54:01 hrs
6th place Comrades Marathon 89km 6:39:43 hrs
2nd place SuedTirol Marathon 2.52.56 hrs
3rd place 100km World Championships 07:33:12 hrs BRONZE medal for Great Britain
2009
2nd place LGT Alpin Marathon 03:48:10 hrs
3rd place IAU World Trail Championships / Merrell Sky Race 08:22:21 hrs - Bronze for GB
2nd place Swiss Alpine Davos K78 06:57:53 hrs
1st place International Gondo Event 04:11:13 and 02:52:00 hrs (shortened course)
2nd place Matterhornlauf 01:13:21 hrs
2nd place The North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc 26:04:42 hrs
2008
1st place Zermatt Marathon 03:45:19 hrs
2nd place Swiss Alpine Davos K78 07:11:09 hrs
1st place International Gondo Event - 4th overall 04:00:18 and 04:19:02 hrs
3rd place Sierre Zinal 03:15:02 hrs
1st place The North Face Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc - 25:19:00 hrs, 14th overall