Journey to the end

Northern Traverse 2024 (DNF) Summary, in format shamelessly copied from John Kelly. The Event The Northern Traverse race follows Wainwright's well known 300 km coast to coast route from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay. This year,  69 out of 107 starters reached the finish (64%). I didn't (but still managed to write about it). Absolutely superb event. I love this kind of thing - it feels more like an adventure, playing to the skills I want to explore, rather than a pure running race (which I wouldn't be great at). There's variety to the route, long gaps between checkpoints (up to 55km), and we're left alone to be self sufficient in making our way.  I've done a few Spine events, and this has a pretty similar ethos - if anything there's slightly less support, nobody checks we have a spork (or what size it is!), and there aren't so many visible race staff outside checkpoints. I had an awesome time and learnt a fair bit despite the non-finish. Also met loads ...