Running

BGR, funnily enough, is not a day trip. You need to spend a lot of weekends recceing beforehand to learn the route - it probably takes a commitment of about a year, esp if you're London based.

Don't know how a runner of Jurek's quality only just managed to break 24hrs.

We were talking about it post-marathon on Sunday and the consensus was a year to prepare, recce and attempt, with very little other running. Probably worth moving to the Lakes for a year really.

Jurek's attempt seemed a little last minute, trying to do it before the weather broke and after one of the other guys had raced over the weekend.

Feet in the Clouds is quality, more approachable than Running with the Kenyans. We can all get out into the hills but altitude training is a little more challenging. What frustrates me slightly about RwtK is what an average runner A. Finn actually is.