Coast to Coast 2020 - Postscript
So how did I feel upon finishing? A sense of accomplishment? Happy? My initial thought was that I was just glad that it was now all over. I think the sense of accomplishment will come in time. I failed in my initial goal of 3 days, but adjusted the target and to do it in 3 days 15 hours and 50 minutes is not too shabby. The big high for me was how the first day went - clearing 62 miles in the Lake District over that terrain showed I have the fitness, but it came at a cost that I felt for the remainder of the trip. If I had set out with the intent to do it over four days at the outset then maybe the wheels might have come off much later on and would have made it a much more enjoyable trip. On the other hand my accomplishment on Day 1 shows that I probably have the fitness, just not the feet to match. Do I regret doing it the way I did it? Short answer: no. It was always going to be a voyage of discovery. Could have I gone faster? Without do...