Turkish Spartathlon TeamSpartathlon 2024
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
Fourth finish: 35:10:26, 154th overall. Heat, fuelling and sleep loss, run without a crew.
Reports
Race reports
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Spartathlon Hakkında Video
A Video About Spartathlon
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
A Turkish-language video on Spartathlon's history, rules, entry requirements and the runners from Turkey.
Spartathlon 2023 Yarış Raporu – İkincisi neden daha zor?
Spartathlon 2023 Race Report – Why Is the Second One Harder?
M. Budak Timuralp · on budaktimuralp.blogspot.com
Second Spartathlon: 32:35:07, 101st overall.
Spartathlon 2022 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2022 Race Report
M. Budak Timuralp · on budaktimuralp.blogspot.com
First Spartathlon: 32:50:36, 49th overall.
Spartathlon 2022
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
Third finish: 34:47:54, 115th overall. Hot weather and stomach trouble.
Spartathlon 2022 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2022 Race Report
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
Seventh finish: 34:04:03, 79th overall. Kept going through stomach trouble.
Video Söyleşi
Video Interview
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
A video interview with Erman Üsküdarlı about finishing Spartathlon twice.
Aklımda Kaldığı Kadarıyla Spartathlon 2019
Spartathlon 2019, As Far As I Remember
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
Second finish: 35:34:45, 172nd overall. Finished despite severe leg pain.
2019 Spartathlon Yarış Raporu
2019 Spartathlon Race Report: Today We Die A Little!
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
Fifth Spartathlon: 32:14:52, 58th overall. A hot race.
Spartathlon 2019 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2019 Race Report
Aytuğ Çelikbaş · on aytugcelikbas.blogspot.com
First Spartathlon: 35:34:24, 171st overall.
Spartathlon 2018 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2018 Race Report – No Regrets
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
Personal best: 27:51:41, 24th overall. Turkey's second-fastest Spartathlon time.
Spartathlon'dan Görüntüler
Footage from Spartathlon
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
A thank-you to the support crew, with a video cut from footage of the race.
Spartathlon 2017 Destek Ekibi Raporu
Spartathlon 2017 Support Crew Report
Başak Derman · on Ritim Blog
2017 from the crew's side: the stations, practical tips and what the support team went through.
Spartathlon 2017
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
First finish: 32:48:45, 104th overall. The story of a first Spartathlon, from the mountain section to the Leonidas statue.
Spartathlon 2017'ye Doğru
Towards Spartathlon 2017
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
A pre-race post on the build-up to the race.
Bir Kitap, Bir Yarış, Bir Haber
A Book, a Race, a Piece of News
Mert Derman · on Ritim Blog
From reading Dean Karnazes's “Road to Sparta” to being drawn in the entry lottery.
Spartathlon 2016 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2016 Race Report – The Moment of Truth
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
Third Spartathlon: 33:28:18, 92nd overall.
Spartathlon 2015 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2015 Race Report
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
31:20:24, about two and a half hours faster than the year before; 43rd overall.
Spartathlon 2014 Yarış Raporu
Spartathlon 2014 Race Report – I Want to Break Free
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
The first Spartathlon by a Turkish runner: 33:47:57, 95th overall.
Spartathlon
Aykut Çelikbaş · on aykutcelikbas.com
Written after earning a place: the race's history and why it is so hard.
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