I was lucky enough to take part in the South West Coast Path Relay over the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday. It was part of the National Trails Relay events organised by Endurancelife.

There were four other relay events but the South West Coast Path one at 627 miles and 68 legs was by far the biggest. I applied to take part back in April and had asked particularly for leg 35 which started at the end of Helford Village, where the foot ferry docks, and finished in Porthoustock. We were asked to recce our leg and I'm glad I did that even though I was relatively familiar with that route having run it when I lived in the area several years ago because there was an inland diversion.

This was a great event to take part in and it began at 8 PM on Tuesday, May 31st at the start of the south-west coastal path in Swanage and would finish in the early hours of Monday, June 6th.

In this episode you will hear clips from a couple of the runners who took part and are summarised version of my recording which I did throughout my leg. I can highly recommend getting involved in this if it happens again. It did become a bit obsessive following the What's App group to see where everybody was and how we were doing against the predicted times.

This is episode 92 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 91 episodes via your usual podcast app or follow this link.

Host Trevor Lee ran his own first ultra in 2021 - the 44 mile Classic Quarter - hence 44@60.  Trevor has written a book about his buildup and adventure – it is both a business and running book and is now available on Amazon via this link: 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon. 

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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