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Someone to humble us all.... - Tim - 05-10-2005
Much as I dislike most of Runners World magazine content, this month they've printed another report from Rosie Swalepope, a 59 yr lady currently running round the world, the hard way.
Well worth having a gander at her website just to be awed (and possibly inspired?).
http://www.rosiearoundtheworld.co.uk/
Someone to humble us all.... - El Gordo - 05-10-2005
I wonder if that's the woman who ran across Cuba a while ago, and wrote about it for RW?
But anyway, 57 eh? There's hope for us all yet....
Incidentally Tim, I've found a local race, the Compton Downland Challenge (rebranded for 2006 as the Fat Forty or something similar) that's a 40 mile trail race. I'm thinking about it....
Someone to humble us all.... - Tim - 05-10-2005
andy Wrote:I wonder if that's the woman who ran across Cuba a while ago, and wrote about it for RW?
But anyway, 57 eh? There's hope for us all yet....
Incidentally Tim, I've found a local race, the Compton Downland Challenge (rebranded for 2006 as the Fat Forty or something similar) that's a 40 mile trail race. I'm thinking about it....
Yep, same woman. She was 57 when she *started* this run, she's 59 now. I don't think she's trying to break any records. ;-)
I've never done the Compton Downland 40 but It gets good ratings over on http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/ratingsall.asp?%20v=2&ugn=72&en=24052
If you do decide to do it, don't get hung up on it being further than you've ever run before, just think of it as a great way to go for a day's hiking where you can run the easy bits. Nobody's going to look down on you for walking the hills (and other bits if necessary) as that's the norm, not the exception. These events are much less about the times than the personal satisfaction of completing them.
Someone to humble us all.... - Tim - 07-10-2005
There was an e-bay link posted on uk.rec.running a week ago for the book "Running the Himalayas" by Nick and Adrian Crane.
These two brothers decided to run the length of the Himalayas in 100 days to support the Intermediate Technology charity back in 1984.
I couldn't wait for the auction to end so bought a copy second-hand from amazon but the auction's still running if anybody's interested.
(http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8339482436)
I've only just started the book but it's already got me gripped.