Eleanor Robinson (formerly Adams, née Puckrin, 20 November 1947) is a British former ultramarathon runner and two-time winner of the IAU 100km World Championships.

[3] Eleanor Robinson, née Puckrin, was brought up in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, the sister of Arthur, Richard and Philip.

[4] Eleanor Robinson's ultramarathon career arguably began when she witnessed Ros Paul, a fellow Briton, set a record of 216.648 kilometres (134.619 mi) for 24 hours on the first day of a 6-day race in 1982.

The race covers the 250 km (150 mile) route that the Athenian messenger Pheidippides took in 490BC running from Athens to Sparta to get help against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.

[6] The Road Runners Club of America's 1984 National 50-mile and 100 km championships were held on 14 October at Lincoln Park in Chicago.

In taking sixth place overall, Robinson broke 11 world records,[9] becoming the first woman to surpass 800 kilometres (500 mi) for the event, exceeding the 760 kilometres (470 mi) world record set only a few weeks earlier in La Rochelle, France, by Edith Couhe.

Robinson ran Colac four more times, from 1986 to 1989 (it wasn't held in 1985), winning on each occasion and thereby beating Hudson twice more.

[8][11][12] Her most notable appearance at Colac was in 1989, when Sandra Barwick of New Zealand set out to beat Robinson's record.

[13] Meanwhile, in the Sri Chinmoy Adelaide 24 Hour Race, which was first held in 1982, Robinson was the winning woman and the only one of five, along with 16 men, to surpass 160 kilometres (99 mi).

The previous year, Tom Crawford and Mike Witwer had attempted to organise an official race but it was cancelled when the insurance policy was rescinded.

[17] Crutchlow put an ad in Athletics Weekly to find a teammate and Robinson, at the time considered the best female ultra runner in the world, was the only person to respond.

[21] In 1987, Robinson had set a world record of 16 days, 23 hours and 9 minutes for 1000 miles, at a stage race in England.

[12] Now, more than ten years later, at Nanango, Australia, in 1998, Robinson completed the distance in a world best of 13 days, 1 hour 54 minutes.

[4] Robinson was part of the Team GB crew supporting the competitors at the 2014 IAU 100 km World Championships, which Ellie Greenwood won for the second time.

[27] She is also an active member of Belper Ten Twenty Triathlon Club and has qualified and represented Great Britain in Duathlon.