Julia Armstrong

Who is Julia Armstrong?

Julia Helene Armstrong is a British marathon runner who achieved most success running as Julia Gates in the mid to late '80s, winning the 1985 Dublin Marathon and setting a course record with 2:41:24 and competing in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Her personal best was 2:36:31, set in the 1986 London Marathon, where she came in as 3rd British finisher and 7th female overall. She still competes at a high level, running as an elite female in the 2008 London Marathon, and in October 2008 she took up ultrarunning, coming in as 3rd female in a 56 mile cross-country race from London to Brighton.