UKultraRunners wrote:
Dustbin Brooks, the Bernie Madoff of ultrarunning.
And CoachKev is just an idiot.
http://ultrakev.blogspot.com/Rob was overloading on caffine now and began to tell me all about his remarkable and terrible life
No blisters at all, no damage of nails just wet feet! This was crazy, how could he have 0 blisters after all this running and in soaking wet shoes.
I mentioned to Rob that at Towcester the back up crew had secured pork pies and sausage rolls, he launched into a 5.30 min mile pace
we go to Weedon he asked to sit in the car for a bit as he didn't feel great
We decided to call 112 the non emergency service and requested an ambulance to attend and make an assessment of Rob. Our thoughts were that if he left the scene and went to hospital the race was over but if they came to him he was still in the game [who pays these jokes?]
The doctor assessing him was asking questions and Rob was saying things like "I've been for a little run". His humility even at the lowest point was superb.
That said it was crazy to see how far Rob managed to run on very little nutrition and hydration.
Some of the things I expected Rob to know about considering his recent achievements were not things he had heard of or ever considered. Things I take for granted as an ultra runner such as
Finally this was all to raise money for Rob's chosen charities so please make a donation of any kind through his website