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Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain

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Publication Type
General Interest Book
Author
Elise Downing
ISBN
9781787839816
Date Published
2021
Size
20cm x 13cm
Number of Pages
320pp
Cost
9.99GBP

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Review:

Publisher's Information 2023

"Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2021
Running away from your problems doesn?t solve anything ? but sometimes it?s more fun than dealing with them

Elise was spending a lot of time crying on buses. She had just graduated from university; she had a shiny new flat, her first proper job and a budding relationship ? and they were all making her utterly miserable. Sitting at work one day, she hit upon the obvious solution:

Run 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain, carrying her kit on her back.

Six months later Elise set off, with absolutely no ultra-running experience, unable to read a map and having never pitched a tent alone before. Over the 301 days that followed she developed a debilitating fear of farmyard animals, cried on a lot of beaches and saw Britain at its most wild and wonderful.

Coasting is about putting one foot in front of the other, even when it feels impossible, and trying to enjoy it too. With heart and humour, Elise explores the thrill of taking risks and putting your trust in total strangers, and learns some home truths along the way.

'A true Great British Adventure, with humour and heart.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes


Paths Covered by this Publication:

4498 km / 2795 miles

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