Rob on running

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." Helen Keller You might want to make a cup of tea, this - like the 268 mile race itself - is not going to be brief. I’ve referenced in previous blogs that I failed to finish the Spine in 2019.  Whilst that was due to illness that started before the race did, in truth, despite a lot of homework, I’d just totally underestimated the race.  There was no big, compelling reason or set of reasons to go on.  Unlike UTMB for example it wasn’t a race that had ever really appealed - it seemed faintly ridiculous as did the people who became utterly obsessed with it to the exclusion of all else.  Having spent many years claiming it would never be of interest, it’s hard to recall exactly why I ended up registering in 2019.  The best I can guess is that It just seemed an essential rite of passage, after