Mountain races blitzed by vegan runner Itir

Itir Atadiyen  has continued her phenomenal success in the toughest of races with more podiums and first places!

The Turkish vegan runs sky races, and recently collected a cheque as age group winner of the Belgrad Ultra – a 59 km races with 1332 metres of height gain.

Earlier this year she completed the Aladaglar Epic Trail which involved 119 km and an incredible 7504m metres of climbing.  She won her age group there as well.

In May she took on a challenge of two trail marathons just a week apart.  With 2273 metres and 1253 metres of height gain respectively they were tough courses, and again she won her age group.

On top of this, Itir has also been racing in “triathlon, road running, trail running and orienteering” which she says are “just for fun”.

She’s been vegan since 2018, and since then keeps getting better at her demanding sports.  She told us “I love animals and care about them.”

“I mostly eat healthy vegan food like salads, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and of course a lot of carbs because of losing too much calories during sports.”