For me it’s the Barkley Marathons. I was utterly fascinated and watched all the YouTube and Netflix documentaries whilst I was going from half towards marathon and then beyond. Ridiculously I’ve always had this “how hard can it be” thought, the distance doesn’t look THAT bad, the elevation is big but not horrendous by itself, how hard can it be? 🤣🤣 Would be awesome to hear that conch and just set off (and turn around and walk back a couple of hours later having discovered it IS “that hard”!!)..and spend the next days soaking up being in and around the camp and seeing absolute legends push to breaking first hand 😍

@Madeleine Ringbom … ooh I’ll go to Hawaii and support you 👌 Won’t ever catch me swimming or cycling that far though ❌ I know a few people who do tri’s regularly and an occasional Ironman, and it’s definitely not for me !! Wet feet run…no thanks 🤣

@Ellie Mackin Roberts … ooo fiction but a bit of running DOES appeal, thanks 👌

@Ellie Mackin Roberts have a free audible trial so grabbed End of The World !

4hrs of Jeffing today (done), and then a very very steady run at a local trail race tomorrow, that I’m just realising as I write this that I have absolutely no idea of the length or elevation involved 😅🤣

@Caroline Claassen pretty pleasing…difficult to get out of my head how comparatively slow I am going, 4hrs and not even 35km…BUT…kept thinking about the bigger goals…I need to be able to run 40 miles comfortably in a couple of weeks, and then spend about 15-20hrs of a 24hr period moving a month later…can’t do that at marathon pace!!!

Nigel fuel log from today. Pre - Muller rice pot and an oaty bar. Was a bit of a rush, woke late and needed to get out within 30mins of waking. During - a gel every 30mins starting at 45mins. Various…SIS Beta Blok, Root, Gu, Hi5 (4hr run). Plus I loaded two 500ml bottles of water with SIS Hydro+ (mainly to add flavour, I don’t like drinking water once it’s lost there initial chill and I don’t drink enough)…think I maybe had 400 to 600ml in total. Post - finished in a park (I’d done the parkrun in amongst my run) and immediately bagged a latte and strawberry flap jack. 20 mins later at home, chocolate brownie “Frij” milkshake. Feel super good to be honest…my stomach often feels a bit “weak” after running 1h45m or so and upwards, irrespective of the effort. I think I worked out I’m underfuelling (amongst other things) since another disappointing marathon a couple of weeks back, so have decided I’m using my established “this is what I have on a hard race effort” fuelling strategy on my easy/steady/long slow runs (a gel every 30mins), and will be upping what I have on those hard race efforts, maybe to one every 20mins (plus before). 🤞 Two long runs down now since this decision where my stomach has felt robust, things are looking good 😊

Nigel fuel log #1 Pre - Muller rice pot and an oaty bar. Was a bit of a rush, woke late and needed to get out within 30mins of waking. During - a gel every 30mins starting at 45mins. Various…SIS Beta Blok, Root, Gu, Hi5 (4hr run). Plus I loaded two 500ml bottles of water with SIS Hydro+ (mainly to add flavour, I don’t like drinking water once it’s lost there initial chill and I don’t drink enough)…think I maybe had 400 to 600ml in total. Post - finished in a park (I’d done the parkrun in amongst my run) and immediately bagged a latte and strawberry flap jack. 20 mins later at home, chocolate brownie “Frij” milkshake. Feel super good to be honest…my stomach often feels a bit “weak” after running 1h45m or so and upwards, irrespective of the effort. I think I worked out I’m underfuelling (amongst other things) since another disappointing marathon a couple of weeks back, so have decided I’m using my established “this is what I have on a hard race effort” fuelling strategy on my easy/steady/long slow runs (a gel every 30mins), and will be upping what I have on those hard race efforts, maybe to one every 20mins (plus before). 🤞 Two long runs down now since this decision where my stomach has felt robust, things are looking good 😊