Niandi Carmont
UK and FRANCE
Niandi Carmont, has been travelling the world for 18 years now looking for new experiences in ultra-running. Passionate about ultra, mountain races and multi-stage events she has run more than 100 marathons and as many ultras including
• 13 Comrades Marathons (90km South Africa)
• Marathon des Sables 2005
• Grand Raid de la Réunion 2006
• Iznik Ultra in Turkey 2012 (60km, 2nd lady)
• 3 finishes Washie 100 miles (South Africa)
• 5 finishes Ecotrail Paris (80km)
• Saintélyon (70km France)
• 100km Cléder, Millau (France)
Lakeland Ultra (80km UK)
Foulées de la Soie 2013. Multi-stage in Northern India
Niandi is the UK representative of SDPO (Sport Développement Organization Performance) second largest French multi-stage race organization with 20 years experience in multi-stage events on the Silk Route in China and India.
Her favorite African proverb:
“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
When she’s not travelling for work to deliver soft skill training as a free-lance consultant, she's attending run events around the globe and writing about her passion for sport.
Based between the UK and France, Niandi specializes in presentation skills, public speaking, people management, influencing skills, collaborating effectively across cultures, team-building, negotiation skills and sales techniques. This has provided her with the opportunity and experience over the past 15 years to work with major multinational organizations in both the private and public sectors including a diversity of clients such as the pharmaceutical, banking, insurance and automobile industries.