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Practice makes Perfect

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 Where do I start.... I could start at the fact that today Im struggling to move... every step hurts... and lets not even go into how long it took me to get out of bed... 5 step process.  I could start at the fact that we only have 4 weeks until we line up at the start line in Slovenia.... But its probably best to start at the beginning😁 Last year myself and Sam (Fleming not Deane for anyone that might be confused) took on an Ultramarathon.. a 45 ish mile race around Lake Windemere.. why? Im not really sure what triggered the idea for 2 non runners but we entered having done very little training and 'smashed it' (smashed being a relative term) in under 20 hours... 19 hours 56 seconds to be precise. It hurt both during and after the race but the euphoria as we crossed the finish line was proportional to the suffering faced. Pretty soon we were looking around for the next one... of course it had to be bigger and harder and challenge us even more. (The very definition of Going Wi