My apologies if this is not the correct place for this,

Through Ango I have been training for a 24 hour race. A lot of my motivation for this is that I have a friend who, at 34, has been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Just because COVID is here doesn't mean that all the other illnesses and problems in the world take a vacation and it is so easy to let those other problems slip out of view. Macmillan Cancer Support ( https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ ) here in the UK do a great job helping to support people affected by cancer, so I'm also raising a bit of awareness for them.

As of 10pm GMT on tonight I will be heading a long run from Reality Checkpoint, Cambridge. I have 24 hours to get as far away from the start as possible, but I need to make it back within 24 hours. If everything goes perfectly, I'll be covering around 100 miles (161km). We're in lockdown here in the UK, but allowed to do unlimited solo exercise, so there are no checkpoints providing food or support, I just have to keep putting one foot in the other. I had only run a total of 66km between January and September, so it will be interesting to see if I can go from couch to ultramarathon in 66 Days.

For anyone interested, you should be able to follow my progress here (Tracker 252): https://track.trail.live/event/day-release

Gassho,
Phill
sat