


You have to cross the leg finishing line before the second claxon or you’re out. It then sounds again to indicate time’s up. To ensure runners know that the timer is in synch with their own timings with 2 minutes to go the Claxon sounds. If you make the cut off you’re on the boat to the next island. The first leg is around 10km on Tresco and runners have 63 minutes in which to complete it. Trevor wrote a book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon - all proceeds go to the Children's Hospice South West If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: Running 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 now has over 100 episodes and is aimed at those thinking about and committing to their first ever ultra.

He's planning to spend June doing more recce 's of the Arc 50 course. He's doing his first 24 hour race on July 8th Hope 24, the Black Rat in August and the Endurance Life Suffolk 32 miler in October followed by the Bys Vyken lighthouse marathon at the end of October. Trevor's big running goal currently is the Arc of Attrition 50 in January 2024. Each sales generates £5 for Childrens Hospice South West. Host Trevor Lee ran his own first ultra in 2021 - the 44 mile Classic Quarter - hence Trevor has written a book about his buildup and adventure – it is both a business and running book and is available on Amazon via this link: 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon.

You can access and download the previous 123episodes via your usual podcast app or on the Running podcast page. This is episode 124 of the Running podcast. 60km spread over 6 legs on 5 of the islands of the Isles of Scilly - starting and finishing on Tresco and following the coast path to complete a lap of each island. The South West Traverse runs on the same route as the Classic Quarter. It has pacers and if you complete you are known as a 'Woodwose' - a term associated with the wild men and wild women that haunted the imagery forests of medieval Europe. It's is run twice a year : March and August alternating in clockwise and anti-clockwise directions. The Green Man Ultra is a 45 loop around Bristol. James started with the Green Man Ultra then ran legs 1 and 3 in a 3 leg relay of the South West Traverse and finished with the Scillies 60. In this episode of the Running podcast James shares his adventure of running 3 major events across a 10 week period from the beginning of March to the middle of May. Now he's an ultra runner and a former rower and triathlete! James Skeplorn is a gig rower who had a go at triathlon and then joined a running club to improve his triathlon.
