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Booty won the season-long British Best All-Rounder competition three times from 1955 to 1957. The BBAR is based on averaged speeds over 50 and 100 miles (160 km) and for 12 hours. He was 100-mile (160 km) champion from 1955 to 1959 and 12-hour champion from 1954 to 1958.
He first broke the 100 miles (160 km) record in 1955, lowering it to 4:04:30. He broke it three times. He twice broke the 12-hour record: 265.66 miles (427.54 km) in 1956 and 266.00 miles (428.09 km) the following year.
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