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break the distance down into one-day lots. I know I have to do 85 kilo-
metres a day, day in, day out. I can handle that.
Ultrarunning is 90 per cent mental. It's about focusing on the
goal, seeing success clearly in your mind and never letting that image
go. One step at a time, and you can do anything.
June 10
Today was a difficult day. After the hot sunshine of the last two days,
I found myself running most of the day in torrential rain. I asked the
crew to go ahead and try to find a hot cup of coffee and something
sustaining to eat. In Shoreham, they found the Halfway House restau-
rant, a cosy diner, the kind you see in rural American movies, which
was fine, because we were in rural America. As I came to a halt out-
side, I took off my wet weather gear, my wet shoes and socks, and went
in . . . to the cheers of the diners. One bloke came up, shook my hand
and told me I was his new hero. They gave me hot coffee and a huge
slice of blueberry pie, baked fresh that morning, with a big scoop of
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