Freya Ross (née Murray, born 20 September 1983) is a Scottish long-distance runner who competed in the Marathon at the London 2012 Olympics. She mainly competed in road races, but was also successful on the track competing in 5000 metres and

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, as well as

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

. Ross represented Scotland in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres in the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

. in Delhi in October 2010. Some of her best road racing results were from 2009 and 2010 when she won the Great Ireland Run in 2010 and the

Great Yorkshire Run The Great Yorkshire Run is an annual 10K run road race previously held in September in Sheffield City Centre, England, and now held in July in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It is a part of the Great Run series of events, and as such is linked with ...

in both 2009 and 2010 setting the course record in 2009. In February 2012, Freya won the

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National Cross Country for the sixth time in seven years. Freya was the second fastest British woman at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in her first marathon while aiming to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. She was subsequently awarded a place due to the withdrawal of the injured

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. She was the first British athlete home in 44th place in a time of 2:32:14. She has written and self published a recipe book called 'Food on the Run' detailing what her diet is like as a runner. It is a collection of some of her favourite recipes and gives an insight into the kind of food an athlete eats. It demonstrates that recipes do not need to be complicated and include obscure ingredients to be nutritious. Freya lives in Larbert, Scotland with her husband and daughter and works as an Event Coordinator. She previously worked as a structural engineer for Cundall LLP, before a spell as a full-time athlete. Freya received an

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from Heriot-Watt University in 2014.
Heriot-Watt University, 2015

Food on the Run Recipe Book

Food on the Run will give you an insight into the eating habits of an Olympic marathon runner. The recipes are easy to follow, tasty and nutritious making them relevant for anyone wanting to eat a balanced diet.

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

– 4:15.85 min (2005) * 3000 metres – 9:08.97 min (2009) * 5000 metres – 15:26.5 min (2010) *

– 32:23.44 min (2010) * 10k road - 32:28 min (2009) (Sheffield) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

- 1 hour 11 min 51 seconds (2013) (Glasgow) * Marathon – 2 hours 28 min 12 seconds (2012) (London)

References

External links

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Official website
Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Edinburgh Scottish female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners Scottish female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners Scottish female marathon runners British female marathon runners Olympic female long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games British Athletics Championships winners {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub