Strava Nonsense
Man, Dan Lawson, runs length of UK/Britain in record time. Commonly known as Jogle/Lejog Final day kudos 503 comments 24 #@*@#*@#!!!! As I wander through the stats of ultra challenges via Strava, podcast and other media what's occurring? to use a sitcom phrase. Humans have set challenges for millennia - it's not new. It's not even since that bloke who ran to Marathon - it was before him. Sharon Gayter, female record holder of Jogle also 2020 during a pandemic. Who, why, how do these people do this stuff. Privileged? Well they are usually white, male clearly don't have a proper job and have time to go running for ten consecutive days. Admittedly about 95 miles a day!! Madness during a pandemic. Damian Hall and Sabrina Verjee did Pennine Way records. So why the sudden upsurge in long distance/ultra record attempts. Well the lack of races due to pandemic is being cited a lot. The need or planned to one day seems popular. Personally I think the relative ease of doing som...