steve cram CBE

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Steve Cram “Its was brilliant, absolutely loved it”

Steve Cram has achieved Olympic and World Champion status, he has broken World Records and now takes on his biggest challenge, the ultimate test of all round physical ability and endurance as he tackles XRunners ultimate obstacle race and muddy fun run!

Cram tied his trainer laces and put on his race number on once more to tackle a multi terrain 10k course packed with over fifty physically and mentally challenging obstacles, more mud than a festival in monsoon season and a 50ft water slide which was guaranteed to take Steve out of his comfort zone. Steve ran with a team of family and friends to share in the muddy good fun.

After the event Steve said “It was brilliant, absolutely loved it”

Steve Cram OBE

Steve was born in 1960 in Jarrow, England. His nickname was “The Jarrow Arrow.” He grew up in a hard working family with very little money. That region of Britain was very depressed at the time. When he started making money from running around 1980, he was paying his parent’s mortgage. He studied Sports in University. He was only 17 when he first appeared at a Commonwealth Games. He was dominant in the early ’80’s but started to fade in the late ’80’s even though he had some strong runs into the early ’90’s. He retired in 1994. After retirement, he became a very well respected sportscaster for the BBC. He was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) by the Queen. Steve is an ambassador for the 2012 London Olympics. The following clip shows Steve taking the Gold in the ’83 World Championships. He was not always the strongest kicker but this is a fine finish against a really talented field.