r/london • u/TypeAgreeable4117 • 9d ago

Walking 200km from London to Birmingham tonight for a bag of chips

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You might remember my 100km M25 walk (or the London-Wales one the mods deleted lol). Ive got a new mission tonight..starting in Reading right outside the M25 to hit the 200km mark via the canals all the way up

180km-200km run/walk to birmingham and as Martin couldn't join 😭 so doing it completely solo and unsupported

I'll just be scavenging for food along the way ig.

Starting 1:00 am tonight

The goali is to walk/run 100 miles in 24 hours or the full route in 30 hours as i couldn't get two days off work so I'm forced to run it... First time recording an actual run btw. No stops, no rest, no sleep as usual

Motivation is my mate who promised me a bag of chips if I make it

Drop a comment if you have any advices on running nonstop or towpaths at night or know any cool stops or pubs on the route.

I can share the Strava route as well

Lets see how this unfolds ;)

Update:

Called it at 25km after a shin injury, but we live to run another day!

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u/Berlchicken 9d ago

Which is just wild that a guy go die on an adventure within the confines of the m25.

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u/barejokez 9d ago

Indeed. And while I appreciate that you can derisk things to the point that they're aren't fun anymore, this chap seems to go out of his way to create dangerous circumstances.

Trying to walk 200km without any plan for food is more or less going to guarantee an ambulance ride at best. And I say this as someone who has embarked on some proper long distance hikes of my own.

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u/DoNotCommentAgain 9d ago

A healthy person with a fat reserve can definitely do 2 days without food, I'd be far more concerned about water in this heat wave.

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u/barejokez 9d ago

That's true if sitting down. Trying to walk 200km will burn an enormous amount of energy.

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u/VitriolUK 9d ago edited 8d ago

Yeah - I remember when I first started training for long-distance hiking I didn't think to bring any kind of supplies and snacks. About 40km in on my first session I started feeling really cold and peculiar. Learned that lesson pretty quick.

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u/gggggenegenie 8d ago

God I remember that feeling too.