Joasia Zakrzewski: Ultrarunner Who Utilized Vehicle Says She Made Enormous Mistake

 Joasia Zakrzewski said her activities were "not pernicious" and the episode was brought about by miscommunication. Dr. Zakrzewski, from Dumfries, participated in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race on April 7.

It was subsequently found she went via vehicle for around 2.5 miles before proceeding to finish the race. Ultrarunner excluded for involving a vehicle in the ace

The 47-year-old GP, who presently lives close to Sydney in Australia, let BBC Scotland know how she had gotten derailed on the course around the midway imprint when her leg started to feel sore and she began to limp.

The aggravation turned out to be terrible to such an extent that when she saw a companion on the course and she acknowledged a lift in his vehicle to the following designated spot, she told marshals she was hauling out of the race.

"At the point when I got to the designated spot, I let them know I was hauling out and that I had been in the vehicle, and they said 'You will despise yourself assuming you stop'," Dr. Zakrzewski said.

"I consented to carry on in a non-serious manner.""I ensured I didn't surpass the sprinter in front when I saw her, as I would have rather not obstructed her race." At the point when she went too far, she was given a decoration and a wooden prize for the third spot and modeled for pictures.

The sprinter, who had shown up from Australia the prior night, said: "I made a huge mistake tolerating the prize and ought to have given it back." "I was worn out and jetlagged and felt debilitated. "I hold my hands up; I ought to have given them back. And not had pictures taken, but I was feeling unwell and scattered and not thinking obviously."

• Third place in the race has now been granted to Mel Sykes.

Dr. Zakrzewski said: "I'm a moron and need to apologize to Mel. It wasn't vindictive; it was ma is communication. "I could never deliberately cheat, and this was not an objective race; however, I would rather not rationalize.

"Mel didn't gain appreciation toward the completion and please accept my apologies; she didn't get that." Dr. Zakrzewski said she lamented not explaining to the marshals toward the finish of the race that she was not running seriously.

She said she was "crushed" by what had occurred and very resentful to see "skeptics" via online entertainment requiring her to have a lifetime boycott. "I've given such a great amount to the running scene, so I'm crushed this has occurred," she said.

Wayne Drinkwater, the overseer of the GB Ultras race, expressed that after the ultramarathon he got data that a sprinter had acquired an "unsporting, upper hand during a part of the occasion". He expressed that information from race global positioning frameworks had been checked. 

And Proclamation were taken from different contenders before Dr. Zakrzewski was excluded. Mr. Drinkwater said a report had been submitted to the Path Running Affiliation, which gives the permit to the occasion and is a partner individual from UK Games.

In February, at the Taipei Ultramarathon in Taiwan, Dr. Zakrzewski won the 48-hour race by a large margin, establishing a worldwide best across 255 miles (411,5 km). Hustling for Extraordinary England in the IAU World 100km Titles, she won individual silver in 2011 and bronze in 2014 and 2015.

She likewise addressed Group Scotland in the long-distance race at the Glasgow 2014 District Games. In 2020, when she was 44, she won a 24-hour race in Australia with a distance of 236.561km.

She has set various records, including the Scottish 24-hour record, the English 200k record, and the Scottish 100-mile record.