As this goes live there is just over three weeks to my adventure to the Loch Ness Marathon and of course it is on the same day – October 2nd – as the London Marathon so shout out to regular listeners Carrie Gleinster, Andy Williams and Craig Beale who are taking part in London.

Shout out also to regular guest Tracy Waite who is putting together an amazing project called Paddy's Mill Wellness Centre which is going to help a lot of people in West Cornwall get active. Tracy has been running a crowdfunding page but that closes on September 9th which is the day after this episode comes out but if you want to get involved then you can contact Tracy through her Facebook page.

I also mentioned in the episode the Bristol Running Show which is on November 26th at the Ashton Court Estate. I will be there with the podcast recording snippets from visitors for future episodes as well as offering my book '12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon' the proceeds of which will be going to the Children's Hospice South-West.

So what are your running goals for 2023?

In episode 95 we heard from Jacob Prothero who despite having had Crohn's disease for 17 years is tackling the Manchester to Liverpool ultra in early April and I also mentioned Steve Perkins who is taking on the Isle of Wight ultra at the end of April.

For both Jacob and Steve these are big challenges as both of them have never tackled anything like this before so if you want to support them here are links to their just giving pages with Jacob raising money for Crohn's disease and Steve for CALM which is the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

And if you need a bit of a boost to your confidence to enable you to put yourself in the mix for undertaking a similar big challenge then have a listen to my other podcast –  Better Presentations More Sales - episode 233, the latest one, with entrepreneur Kaye Reeves.

At the beginning of January 2023 I will be running an episode featuring listeners running goals for 2023 so I will let you know nearer the time all you need to do is record a couple of minutes on your voice memo on your phone and send it to me to be included.

This is episode 98 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 97 episodes via your usual podcast app or follow this link.

Host Trevor Lee ran his own first ultra in 2021

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The Running 44@60 podcast began as a learning / motivational tool for host Trevor Lee in his quest to run a first ever ultra - the Classic Quarter in 2021 - here's the story of Running 44@60

The first episode was broadcast in August 2019. The final episode - number 173 - went out on January 31st 2025.

Trevor wrote a book on the back of the Classic Quarter: 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon - all proceeds go to the Children's Hospice South West