Simon Roger Arthur Bailey (born 23 January 1980[1]) is an English runner who has been a national fell running champion several times and who has represented his country at the World Mountain Running Trophy.
He is the son of Roger and Vanessa Bailey of Rushton Spencer near the border between Staffordshire and Cheshire.
[2] Bailey’s potential was noticed when he finished second in the Shutlingsloe Fell Race at the age of fourteen and he was encouraged to focus on fell running by the race winner Dave Neill.
[3] As young athletes, Simon and his sister Kate both became national champions in their age groups[4] and represented England in the junior races at the World Mountain Running Trophy in 1999, when Simon finished in fifth place[5] and Kate was the bronze medallist.
[6] As a senior athlete, Simon ran at the World Mountain Running Trophy in 2003, finishing eleventh.