Last Place & Proud of It: Petzl Lunar Round SKT (Slowest Known Time) by 'normal' runner Andy Dewar
Trail & ultra running from Wild Ginger RunningShow Notes
Now we have the next Last Place & Proud of It guest, where we celebrate the awesome runners who have come last at races and challenges. Today we welcome the incredible, the unstoppable Andy Dewar from Shipley, West Yorkshire who holds the SKT (Slowest Known Time) for no less than two epic challenges, the Wild Peak Half Round and the Petzl Lunar Round, which is what we will be grilling him about today.
Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/j0qqwH5v9x0
The Petzl Lunar Round is a 40km challenge with 2,900m of ascent over 13 Lake District summits, starting and finishing from the Climbers' Shop in Ambleside, between sunset and sunrise - within the hours of darkness. Fancy setting a new SKT? Find out more here! https://thelunarround.com/
Andy's Lunar Round Strava link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10282257951 Andy's post Lunar Round instagram post - https://www.instagram.com/p/C0HWl-vMSXz/ Time and date moonlight app https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/light.html Proper good mountain weather forecasts https://www.mwis.org.uk/
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