By Pete Wilson 29 March 2010 Briton’s foremost ultra-distance runner, William Sichel, is a former cancer patient who lives on the remote Orkney island of Sanday and makes a living hand-dyeing Angora wool to be made into clothes, including thermal underwear. His sporting life is not so conventional (and yes, we’ve cracked that joke before). […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 Britain’s William Sichel, the ultra-marathon runner who hopes to become the first man in a decade to finish a 1,000-mile run, reach the 200-mile mark today in Athens in a time of 53 hours 18 minutes and 40 seconds. Sichel is taking part in the 1,000-mile World Cup event […]

By Nick Harris 8 October 2010 Earlier this year William Sichel, Britain’s foremost ultra marathon runner, became the first British man to complete a “non-stop” 1,000-mile running race in 19 years. He finished second in the event in question (taster report here) and the English-born resident of the Orkney islands, just turned 57, has now set […]

By Paul Marshall 30 July 2010 With Mo Farah and Chris Thompson’s successes this week at the European athletics championships in Spain, Britain has renewed its affair with distance running. And while Paula Radcliffe won’t be there as the marathons unfold on the streets of Barcelona this weekend, she does hope to be back in […]

By Nick Harris 27 March 2010 Britain’s foremost ultra-distance runner, William Sichel, is this afternoon involved in a head-to-head battle for second place in a rarely-staged 1,000-mile run after the race was won earlier today by a German, Wolfgang Schwerk, in 11 days, 23 hours, 18 minutes and 32 seconds. As sportingintelligence has previously reported, […]

By Nick Harris 26 March 2010 Since a week ago last Monday, William Sichel has been running around a 1km circuit of road at a disused airport outside Athens in an attempt to become the first man in more than a decade to finish a 1,000-mile running race. Now into its 12th day, the World […]

By Paul Marshall and Nick Harris 21 March 2010 The exploits of the British runner William Sichel and his competitors in the current 1,000-mile race in Athens are extraordinary, but these “long distance” athletes are not products of the modern age alone. There was a time in the Victorian era when such races were staged […]

By Nick Harris 21 March 2010 Britain’s foremost ultra-distance runner, William Sichel, who is attempting to become the first man in more than a decade to finish a “non-stop” 1,000-mile race, passed the half-way point, 500 miles, at around 4pm this afternoon (UK time, Sunday), having smashed one of his own world records earlier today. […]

By Nick Harris 16 March 2010 A British ultra-distance runner who is hoping to become the first man in more than a decade to finish a 1,000-mile race had covered 97.56 miles (157km) in his first 24 hours, by midday today UK time, or 2pm local time in Athens, where the attempt is being made. […]

By Nick Harris 9 March 2010 Britain’s most successful ultra-marathon runner has told sportingintelligence today that he is about to “step into the unknown” as he tries to become the first man in more than a decade to finish a 1,000-mile running race. William Sichel, 56, is an Englishman with Scottish roots who lives on […]