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Just 15 places remain for the Tower Insurance 100 mile walk and 24 hour challenge on 3 & 4 August. 85 of the 100 places have been snapped up.

Action from the 100 Miles at the National Sports Centre in 2006 when the event was last held on local soil.

Michael George reports that one of the 85 entrants from Sweden is a member of an extremely successful Swedish walking family. Christer Svensson has 20km and 50km personal bests of 1:26:02 and 4:23:25. His younger brother Frederik has competed in the world championships. Their younger sister Monika has a world best of 4:10:59 for 50km.

But let’s not forget the event also its own star female entrant

Erin Taylor Talcott, a 4:33 50k walker who took on the men in USA Olympic trial race, is set to take on 200+ laps of the National Sports Centre.

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