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Physical: I had a lot of injuries including anterior tibial, Achilles and hip flexor tendinitis, a torn vastus medialis and piriformis syndrome, topped off with a bout of food poisoning that caused me to lose a stone in five days. This was in addition to the fact that running almost 40 miles every day without a rest is pretty tasking.
Mental: Making yourself move forward every day was tough, especially when you consider the above issues, but when I was unsupported on the run after I needed to go solo due to financial concerns, the stress of finding places to stay, eat and safe routes to run on, provided
a constant worry.
Regardless of all the challenges though, it was worth it, for the daily experiences and also the end goal...which still needs to be completed...
Currently I·¬ÇÑapp™m taking a two month sabbatical from work to write the bulk of a book of my story. It·¬ÇÑapp™s primarily for my own memories, but if somebody wanted to publish it, that would be cool too.
As I said, my work isn·¬ÇÑapp™t done and it won·¬ÇÑapp™t be until I·¬ÇÑapp™ve reached my charity target for the run of £100,000 and I·¬ÇÑapp™m around half way there, so if people wanted to visit www.goingthedistancerun.com, there is a Virgin Money Giving donation page where I·¬ÇÑapp™d love some support to enable the World Wildlife Fund and Peace Direct to continue their work in a time where the environment and the quest for peace is as vital as it·¬ÇÑapp™s ever been.
Are you inspired by Rob·¬ÇÑapp™s journey? Please keep us informed of anything inspiring or out of the ordinary that you are doing ·¬ÇÑapp“ we would love to follow your story, as we have with Rob.
Email us at development@rvc.ac.uk
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