Eight weeks to go. The training is progressing though sometimes it feels like really hard work. I've been going through these gates a lot recently. But are they the gates of heaven or hell? Going one way leads through into the deer park. Past the church and the obelisk. It can lead to a wonderful world of antlered deer stags, ice houses, world heritage, buzzards, the foothills of the dales, and a cafe with scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam. Heaven on earth. But it also leads to a very long mile uphill - the 'Studley Mile', up to it's very own Barkley gate at the top which I have to touch to complete a strength sapping speed interval. Eight minutes of hell doing each hill effort. Only to have to turn around and repeat, again and again. Or onwards through those gates at the top to do another 23 miles to complete a back-to-back-marathon-long-slow-trails-weekend. The thought of doing it is daunting. Going the other way through the gate is usually good. It'...
I'm starting on Saturday 31st May 2025 at Lands End and finishing on Friday 4th July 2025 in John O'Groats. It's 1031 miles long with an average of 33 miles a day (range 24 to 44 miles) for 5 weeks - with one day a week rest day (Saturdays). So that means 31 running days.
Every penny donated goes to the Claro Enterprise and IA Support Charities.
The route crosses three countries, running major sections of Britain’s most famous long-distance paths including the South West Coast Path, Wye Valley Walk, Offa’s Dyke, Clyde Walkway, the entirety of the West Highland Way and the Great Glen Way.
The average daily elevation gain is 735m (range 245 to 1416m).
A google map of the route is here.
A more detailed breakdown of the route with dates, mileage, daily maps, elevation etc (subject to change) is here
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