The Pennine Way record had stood since 1989 at 2 days, 17 hours, and 20 minutes. My fundraiser for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is still ongoing as part of this, and if you’re able and have not I would greatly appreciate any contributions at the link below (if you’re not UK based it will handle the currency conversion for you): My time window is mainly limited by the due date of our child, but given the tendency of storms of biblical proportions to arrive whenever I do these things here I thought that the 40 days number was appropriate. The exact dates for the Grand Round are still tentative, but I’ve decided I’d like to complete the full challenge from start to finish within 40 days. Next up I’ll be re-attempting my Grand Round project. This effort was part 1 of 2 in The Hartley Slam. ![]() Feel free to skip either, as neither is really necessary for the other, but both address questions that I’ve had many times when doing something like this. It largely has two parts: my mental preparation for the attempt and the attempt itself. Without unbelievable support every step of the way I wouldn’t have stood even the slightest chance. Given some of the unexpected “bonus” challenges I encountered along the way, this was without question the most demanding thing I’ve ever done, if not also the most difficult (more on my distinction between those later). ![]() I ended up besting his time by just 34 minutes, roughly equivalent to the ~30 seconds per hour margin I had when I finished Barkley. ![]() Mike Hartley’s 31 year old record on the Pennine Way, England’s first national trail, fell squarely in that category – not just as something that I might not currently be capable of but as something that might not ever be within reach. I’ve made a bit of a habit of setting out to do things that I’m not sure are possible.
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