Marathon in a day

[Charliecat5]

Not wishing to diminish the cause, but there is a certain irony that this run was at its heart, about raising the awareness of mental health issues.  You had to be… etc.

This was a mighty fine effort by OALR.  For those who haven’t experienced the Twittens, you won’t appreciate the challenge they present.   This is hard and steep running on unrelenting paved surfaces (and cobbles).  The downhills are as tough as the ups, as each step rattles through the body.  

On the Sunday morning Twitten runs I have always counted each of the twelve in turn, ticking each one off, praying silently for it to be over and the coffee to be poured.  Setting off to do in my case, five in a row has changed my view of the Twittens forever.  I no longer see twelve tortuous lanes, but rather I look up each now as a small blip on the way to the achievement of a longer journey.  You have to when you have 64 of the bastards to overcome.  In Rob’s case, 108! 

My point, to finally get to it, is that to run nine Twittens, a Twittenthon, 26 miles, is an achievement worthy of telling and admiring on these esteemed pages.  The man is a fool, but great things are achieved by fools.  Just read some of BBG’s rambles if you don’t believe me.