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Written by: Ali Strafford

After many years of marshalling the event to get a guaranteed place and several false starts - or several DNSs to be more accurate - 2024 was the last ditch attempt to complete the Fred Whitton Challenge. Previous attempts had been scuppered by a global pandemic, my own dose of Covid and other illness and injury. If it didn’t happen in 2024 I was going to give up trying, the roller coaster of emotions with preparation, anticipation and failure to start was far too stressful. But this year the gods were with me and after some warm weather training in Lanzarote and Mallorca and a very early start (0345!!) I finally found myself on the start line with Ian by my ...Read more >