Unintentional Ultra Runner

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Rachel Mueller Amazon Jungle Ultra Day #5   A ridiculous 03:00 start to the day. Up and into race clothes for a different stage start time of 04:30. With only another 2 hours sleep last night (same as the night before), eating brekkie was challenging. Force feeding what your body wants to repel as soon as it’s gone in is not a feeling I can say I’m keen on.   If I’m honest as soon as I was vertical I had serious doubts my feet could hold up to the 50k+ today. I struggled to walk to the hot water supply let alone cover the distance of the stage.   Hobbling to the start line took for ever but once there with the other runners in a basking glow of numerous head torches, the excitement and trepidation was all I could think about. Race Director sent us off and already my toe pain was not a happy pleasant one. No sooner starting we had to stomp through a mini stream quite literally right fr...

“You don't earn respect by trying to be like everyone else. You have to be your true positive self and consistently hold your ground before people would start to respect the mental strength and originality in you." Edmond Mbiaka    Jungle Ultra Marathon: Day #4 My guess was that I'd had 2 hours kip during the night but more worrying, my appetite had totally vanished. In fact the tought of food made my stomach turn but knew it needed to be done. Brekkie was painfully slow and quite literally forced which wasn’t good prep for what was about to happen during the day. Went through my entire kit and disposed of absolutely anything I hadn’t eaten or used to date and my guess was I threw away about a kilo of weight. Flip belt that was wet and heavy and housed snacks for easy access (which I wasn’t eating anyway), probably 8 Tailwind sachets, uneaten meals, and absolutely anything non-essential got lobbed in the bin. Tough call because ya just didn’t k...