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Race Report – Ed Larkin Alpine Challenge – 23 & 24 November 2019 The Start: It was 5:00am and here I was standing in the early morning alpine chill with about 100 other runners waiting for the starters gun for my first 100 miler.  As I waited I briefly reflected on 2019 and how I

13 MINUTE PERSONAL BEST –   THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD!   Growing up I was never much of a runner and in my youth till my mid-twenties my main sporting pursuit was sailing, after which I really “let myself go”, putting on weight and becoming very unfit. I can still remember knowing I had

Tahoe 200.  205 miles , 331 km’s. 10,000 + metre’s of ascent and descent. 100 hour cut off.   “The Tahoe 200 is an incredible journey around the largest alpine lake in North America. The route circumnavigates the sparkling, clear blue waters of Lake Tahoe from the Tahoe Rim Trail, occasionally detouring off the TRT