Journey to the end

I had another go at the Summer Spine Challenger race last weekend, here's a very self indulgent write up that i feel the need to get out of my system... It's about 108 miles from Edale to Hardraw along the Pennine Way... Initial thoughts - I bloody love this race! I started running kind of seriously in 2018, and did a first ultra. Since then, roughly once a year, I've done a big challenge which has stretched me further than the previous. This year, my challenge was to go back to the toughest race i've ever done, and do it better. That's putting myself under pressure, which i think i needed. For a race to return to, this is the one for me. I've been obsessing over it for so long, the Summer Spine Challenger somehow brings loads of my favourite things into a weekend. The Plan So, no plan survives contact with the enemy, blah blah, but i'm still going to have one. Last time, i finished in 41:17. This time, I wanted to achieve a better time. Training...