Could you design the worst training plan imaginable . . . ?

If you could design the worst training plan imaginable to prepare for a long distance run, what would it look like? For sure you would put a restriction on the amount of training miles the competitor could run. You would ensure they were physically exhausted by the time they arrived at the start line. Perhaps …

‘The Pioneers take the arrows, the settlers take the land’.

Dave found this quote the other day, by Amory Lovins, on his fantastic Rocky Mountain Institute website. We’re feeling a bit like that the pioneers at the moment! We’re pretty sure no one has done anything like the 5000 mile project before. We’re going to have to shed a lot of tears and sweat; nurture some …