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Nobody Said It Was Easy

Here are some photo’s of me arriving at Kingshouse at the end of the 31.3 mile run on Saturday 16th February. We started at the Drovers Inn (Beinglass Farm) at 09:30 and I arrived at Kingshouse just under 5 hours and 20 minutes later, after brief stops at Auchtertyre Farm and Bridge Of Orchy (See my blog 17/02/08 for the full story!). I think they show how hard I worked on the day, how hard the WHW race is going to be, but ultimately (in there somewhere), the joy of running on the West Highland Way!

As Coldplay sang on The Scientist, “Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard.”

Thanks to Thomas’ wife Silke for the photographs and for her support on the day.

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michael finlay Says:
February 21, 2008 at 12:08 am
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