Welcome to Episode 104 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast.
This episode (a bit delayed) is all about the Ultramarathon I entered and attempted in May 2025. It is, very much, an example of ‘I do these things so you don’t have to’.
Topics discussed in this episode are:
- Why I thought about doing an Ultra-Marathon
- What *is* an ultra-marathon anyway?
- How I trained for my ultra, and how you *should
- train for an ultra
- Obligatory kit to take on an ultra, and why you need it
- How I felt running the first half of the ultra
- (An advert for the Barefoot Festival)
- How I felt running the second half of the ultra
- How I physically felt having finished the ultra
- Food and drink, and sustenance you need to be aware of, while running an ultra
- Why failing to finish an ultra isn’t a bad thing at all
- Thoughts about privilege in being able to run an ultra
- Lessons Learned
You can listen via the feed above, or via Spotify, or on your podcast app of choice. Let me know if it isn’t, by the way, and I’ll see what I can do. In addition, a PDF transcript of this episode is available.
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Here are details of the ultra that I attempted
And here is a link to the results of my race, based on the trackers