Hillary Arries

February Athlete of the Month

The month of Feb saw Hillary continuing his PB streak from 2023 right into 2024, 📈 with an absolute cracker of a marathon. After narrowly missing the sub 3h mark ⏰ at CTM last year, Hillary showed us what true determination looks like, training throughout festive to get ready for Cango. And ready he was. 🏆

But more than that, Hillary deserves all the crew love for his well crew love. 🫶 Never without a smile, a warm hug, an encouraging word and a laugh that can be heard from the top of Edinburgh - Hillary spreads crew love like confetti 🎊 - even winning this award last year. Man are we proud and happy to have Mr Positivity among our ranks.

Q&A:

1) Do you have a go to saying or mantra for when the going gets tough?

This mantra I adopted in my Road to CTM training last year.

“Fullsend Hillary, Fullsend”. For me it means being bold and courageous in pursuit of your goal. Pushing your limits whilst trusting your body and ability.

2) Your running icon?

I don’t have one. There are so many runners in my community that inspires me everyday. It’s seeing the grit and grind in people that gets me pumped up. We are so blessed.

3) Favourite distance to race?

Half Marathon. It’s that consistent hard effort in a long run that attracts me to this distance. Next PB loading...