Pancake flat with two hills at the end For someone that's having the year 'off' running, it sure feels like I have been writing a few blog posts recently. And that year off is kind of how I entered the Great Glen Way Ultra. It was November but I hadn't got round to putting in my West Highland Way entry yet. I intended to but tend to leave most things in life to the last minute. Then one night, halfway through a feast of popcorn, breads, dips, chocolate, sweets and pizzas, Scott asked me where the Great Glen Way was. Knowledgeable as I am, I informed him that it ran from Fort William to Inverness. Was I running it? Well, you can't run both the West Highland Way and the Great Glen Way. So which one was I running? Now, I guess that was a good point. I'd never been on the Great Glen Way before and 72 miles without too much training seemed like a better idea than attempting 95. Ok, Great Glen it is. And then I was very excited. And then I did nothing to prepare ...
Running an ultra distance from home