#48: The 'secret' birthday marathon
Running 44@60 - tips, ideas and advice for your first ultra marathon or marathon
English - April 05, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBRunning Sports Health & Fitness running ultra marathon first ultra run ultra running trail running endurance running running tips running help cornwall running coastal path running Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Good Friday - April 2nd - was my 60th birthday and I had decided to do my own marathon starting at 8am. A chance to collect marathon number 3 after Amsterdam in 2005 and Eden in 2010. But having shouted so much about 44@60 I decided to keep this quiet. Only my daughter Beth and son Jim knew.
Little did I know that Beth had spent 6 weeks organising support runners all the way along the route - and of course that had only been allowed since March 29th.
This podcast episode summarises how the 'secret' marathon unfolded....
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The Running 44@60 podcast began as a learning / motivational tool for host Trevor Lee in his quest to run a first ever ultra - the Classic Quarter in 2021
It now has over 100 episodes and is aimed at those thinking about and committing to their first ever ultra.
Trevor wrote a book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon - all proceeds go to the Children's Hospice South West