
Change as Good as a Rest
Looking back over the seven-month period from September 2017 through to the spring of 2018, I’d crammed a catalogue of mammoth races back to back alongside work and life: Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc Half Marathon des Sables Fureteventura Trans Gran Canaria Marathon des Sables These races were arguably four of the toughest mountain and multi-stage events on the International Ultra-Running calendar*. By the end of April, I was physically, mentally and emotionally tired. My “Qual