So it was the morning of my first ultra marathon, the RTTS 2016. Having jumped out of bed at 5.30am and banged my head on the ridiculously low ceiling I was wide-awake. I had trained hard for this event (I hadn’t, I had runners knee and hadn’t trained at all) but I was fully fit (remember my knee? I was going to wrap it up like a mummy’s leg, I ...

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The day started at 5.30am as I was woken by the sound of music, a phone ringing and a loud bang which was quickly followed by “ARH, F**K!” Our phone alarms had gone off and my twin brother Dan had promptly sat straight up, banging his head on the low ceiling above his bed. A very amusing way to start the day … for me, not Dan. We were staying in ...

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Having been unsuccessful in the ballot I had decided to splash out and enter the New York City Marathon via a sports tour company. It’s a race I had always fancied doing and having vowed in the past to visit NYC as often as possible it had been far too long since my last trip. Luckily my friend Nicola is a massive fan of New York too and agreed to come ...

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