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Eleven years ago in 2011, I started to daydream about the possibility of running from Lands End to John ‘O’ Groats . Since then I’ve gradually gathered the experience and loony-ness to feel ready to attempt my dream and have set the date for May 2023, next year .

 It will be a solo, self-supported adventure carrying all my own stuff and sleeping under the stars. I’m also hoping to try to set a FKT (fastest known time) for doing it in this way/direction (self supported, south to north), there will be a tracker link for dot watching  I’ll share my training & preparation journey on here and fail or succeed I will give it my very best shot. I am nervous about this huge challenge but also very excited and I hope to have some fun along the way . I will of course, be supporting The Mirkwood Rest Home for Retired Sheep who continue to be my inspiration as I take on the biggest challenge of my life 

 I didn’t just wake up last week & think  “I know I’ll run from Lands End to John O’ Groats” honestly  It’s taken me a while to reach this stage. I began distance running aged 17 by completing the Norfolk Half Marathon & loved it. As a young person I had many struggles and running became a source of happiness in difficult times . 

In 1988 I completed my first London Marathon 

By 2011 I had completed 13 marathons with a PB of 3.27.  I completed my first 100k ultramarathon. 

2013 I cycled from Lands End to John O’ Groats in very cold weather 

2015 I ran, walked and shuffled 450 miles across the UK from St David’s Head in Wales to Lowestoft in Suffolk . 

 2016 I cycled 1,500 miles around the UK via the three highest peaks, climbed each one and slept on the summits  All my adventures were solo & self-supported, sleeping under the stars every night, I learnt a lot on these challenges 

 2017 I began ultra running properly and began to enter events. I completed the Thames Ring 250 mile race , the Winter Spine Race , Deadman’s Ultra and the Tunnel Ultra 

 Marathons and shorter ultras have become training runs and I enjoy a real mix of road & trail running. I’ve completed over sixty  official marathons/ultras to date 

Planning has been underway for the past six months, I have the consent and support of my lovely family  time off work granted and the perfect motivation ~ the woolly residents at the Mirkwood Rest Home for Retired Sheep It’s going to be massively hard but as with all my other adventures I am very determined and hope to have some fun along the way