13 Valleys Ultra, The Lake District

' My why? To show my family what’s possible. I also love being outside, I love being battered by wind and rain, I love the struggle through adversity. To feel like I’ve conquered what nature has thrown at me. '

Impressionist painting of Catbells and surrounding mountain range in the Lake District, near Keswick and Derwent Water.

turquoise and orange contemporary modern art textured acrylic landscape painting of Buttermere Lake and surrounding Fells in The Lake District.

red, blue and orange contemporary modern art textured acrylic landscape painting of Buttermere Lake and surrounding Fells in The Lake District.

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' I also love eating copious amounts of tangfastics and phizzy pigtails, having a reason to stick 4 sugars in my tea. I love splashing in muddy puddles. I love the darkness when the world shrinks, the harvest moon, the owls, rodents, frogs, foxes. The Star Wars, light speed effect! Watching the sunrise and the sky turn rosy. Pairing up with a complete stranger and running 70miles together. Where else would that happen? I won’t be able to do this forever, so for now, I’ll do it as much as I can. The memories are priceless. '