Tracey Morris

Tracey Morris (born 9 September 1967) is a British long-distance runner.

Early career

Morris grew up in Anglesey, Wales and ran as a Welsh schoolgirl, but stopped running soon after. She moved to Leeds and in 1998, aged 30, she resumed running to keep fit, and took part in the London Marathon running for charity.

In December 2003 she took part in a local event the 'Leeds Abbey Dash' and finished as the first woman just ahead of Bev Jenkins . The race was watched by UK Athletics' Bud Baldero who invited her to join the Great Britain Marathon squad. Baldero also ensured she had a place in the 2004 London Marathon for which her application had not been successful. She was the only non-professional runner to be invited to take part. But as a relatively unknown runner she burst into the public conscience by becoming the first British woman to finish. She was so unknown that one of the then-fastest British runners, Birhan Dagne, did not try to finish in front of her as "I did not know who she was".

International Competition

Road races