North Downs Way 100
After the debacle of the Summer Spine I made a late entry into the North Downs Way 100 race. Its actually 102 miles which sounds like no real difference, but I challenge you to think that way when you have done 100 miles and still have a couple to go! This is by far the longest race I've entered in terms of it being a running focused single stage race. The previous longest was probably the Marathon des Sables long day that came in at 52 miles and my record in a single day stands at 62 miles on the first day of my Coast to Coast attempt. I'm not counting the Winter Spine Race as its more expeditionary in nature and the assumption that you stop for sleep at some point. In the week leading up to the race I was profiled as one of the 6 people to watch and was labelled as a 'Wild Card', principally due to my 2.20 marathon time that seems to follow me around. I knew that I was far from favourite, my fitness being substantially adrift of where I was a few years ago and I