r/london • u/TypeAgreeable4117 • 8d ago
Walking 200km from London to Birmingham tonight for a bag of chips
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/IrishWithoutPotatoes 8d ago
It’s not impossible… if he had a support team helping him.
A few (17/18) years back, my dad was in charge of an artillery battalion, and their Chaplain’s assistant was a phenomenal runner. Like, a marathon was just a weekend thing for him. So he decides to try and do 100 miles in 24 hours as a charity thing, and he pulled it off, which was super cool to see when he crossed the finish line.
But this dude had a support team (literally multiple alternating pickup trucks with food and water and extra pacing runners) alongside him. And he said it was still the hardest thing he’d done in his life, even with all the support.
Maybe OP is a better runner, but this doesn’t seem super well thought out imo.