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Ruby Muir (born 1 July 1991) is an ultra-endurance runner from
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. In 2017 she won the national women's cross-country event.


Life

Muir grew up in Whenaukite on the
Coromandel Peninsula The Coromandel Peninsula ( mi, Te Tara-O-Te-Ika-A-Māui) on the North Island of New Zealand extends north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier protecting the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the we ...
in the North Island of New Zealand and attended
Mercury Bay Area School Whitianga is a town on the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located on Mercury Bay, on the northeastern coast of the peninsula. The town has a permanent population of as of making it the ...
. While at high school she became involved with training on
Mount Ruapehu Mount Ruapehu (; ) is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island volcanic plateau in New Zealand. It is northeast of Ohakune and southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupō, within the Tongari ...
for the Hillary Adventure Race, a five-day hiking adventure racing event. In 2009 she entered the Goat Adventure Run, also on Ruapehu, as her first endurance event and won. She then began competing in endurance and trail marathons regularly. In 2013 and 2015 Muir won the
Tarawera Ultramarathon Tarawera Ultramarathon is a trail running event which includes a 21km, 50km, 102km and a 100-mile ultramarathon trail race, with the inaugural even held in 2009, it is part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour. It is held annually in February and takes pl ...
and she has won the
Kepler Challenge The Kepler Challenge Mountain Run is the premier mountain running event in New Zealand and follows the 60 km Kepler Track through the Fiordland National Park. It has been held annually since 1988, and draws competitors from throughout New Zea ...
six times. In 2013 she also won the Otter African Trail Run in South Africa. In 2014 Muir suffered an injury while running the Ultra Du Mont Blanc in France and as a result she began running shorter races. In 2015 she won the Wellington Marathon.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muir, Ruby 1991 births Living people People from Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand ultramarathon runners Sportspeople from Waikato