Louise Perrio - endurance athlete

Picture courtesey of The Guernsey Press

31st January 2010

10mile Island Best & Course Record

Louise smashed her 10mile PB and in doing so became the first Guernsey woman to break the hour mark for the 10 miles on the road finishing the Club 10mile Championships in 6th place with a time of 59:45.

July 2009

Double Island Games Champion !

Despite a fall mid way through the 10,000mtrs, Louise kept her composure to work back to the leaders and with a powerful surge in the last 600mtrs claimed the first gold medal for Guernsey at the Aland Island Games. She repeated her performance in the 5,000mtrs and went on to claim silver to fellow islander Martine Scholes in the Half Marathon.

January 2009

County Cross Country Champion !

Louise took the women's Hampshire Cross Country title with a superb run at a frozen Dibden Purlieu becoming the first Guermsey women to win a Hampshire Cross Country title.

About Louise

Louise was enticed into running through being bribed with chocolate by her Cambridge University chums. Shortly after she discovered a competitive instinct and set her sights on wanting to win. She began competing for GIAAC in the final year of her studies.

After only two years of structured training she has became the Island's leading female distance runner setting Island Records on the track at 3km (10min16.0sec) and 5km (17min50.2) and winning medals at the Shetland 2005 Island Games at 1500mtrs (bronze) and 5000mtrs (silver). Winter 2005/2006 has seen continued improvement with personal bests at 10km road and third place at the Hampshire Cross Country Championships.

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