Darren Smith, known as RunnersKnees in the online running community, takes us on the journey of self-discovery and sore feet as he pushes himself to complete a hundred marathons (and above) in ten years and join The Hundred Marathon Club. This is a non-commercial unsponsored podcast sharing love with the community.
Send us a textThe one where I can finally join 100MC
Send us a textThe one as The Hardest Knees-er
Send us a textThe one where I scrutinize the fakers
Send us a textThe one with the rhinos (duh!)
Send us a textThe one in pink (with the new shoes, D.O.M.S., post sickness and tiredness)
Send us a textThe one where the Rabbi gave me a shout out
Send us a textThe one where it was colder than it was and muddier than it was
Send us a textThe fourth one in a month
Send us a textThe one with the progress
Send us a textThe one with the plan for 2025
Send us a textThe one with the comfy laps and the storm
Send us a textThe one with the boys weekend
Send us a Text Message.The one with the plan
Send us a Text Message.The one with the nausea
Send us a Text Message.The one with the mud
The one where I get down on myself for only running 7 all year but look forward to hitting 12 in 12 again in 2024 to get back on track
The one where no one got my costume
The one where I should have been last but wasn't
The one where the thermometer broke
The one where I kinda got it right
This month for the umpteenth time I found myself on the North Down Way, in Guildford to be precise, "the thinking man's Woking" for Ultra Challenges North Down Challenge, a race that was supposed to have rain at 5pm, then 3pm, and eventually had rain about an hour after the start.Part of a hikey joggy end to the year with SVP50, Thames Path Challenge, Swindon 50K and NYC Marathon to go I needed this one, after two DNFs in recent races with my broken brother. I was 3-10 going into this so needed to pick up the pace and get it done.So, naturally, that is exactly what I did, despite the weather, and the wrong shoes.
The one with the trip to Mountain Warehouse and a quick change of clothes
The picturesque one with my brother and his foot injury
The one with the fastest weasel in Germany
The one where I stopped off for a pint and my Plantar Fasciitis returned
The one with the interconnectedness of everything and a twenty pound note
The one where my shin went pint
The one that went Vegan
The one when I realise this could all be over soon
The post COVID race where sticks and stones didn't hurt me
The one where I bleat on about a decade of running
the one where we decide to run the Liege Beer Marathon as the Thompson Twins from Tintin
The one where we questioned Lew's music taste
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