The Unknown is advertised as “an unrelenting series of mental and physical challenges [that will] test your willpower more than you had thought possible”. It’s held over 36 hours and up until two weeks before the event participants don’t even know where it’s going to be held. Previous years have seen monumental sign-ups finish their journey before the 36th hour, totally spent, freezing cold and mentally drained. So why in God’s good name would I want to sign up for this event

Judgement Day, The Unknown. I am such a fanboy of this event that words would either fail me or flow out with such a sycophantic torrent that the blog will never be published, so when Fran asked I had to sleep on it. The solution came to me in the morning: It’s a Numbers game! Number: 19 Number of Times stepped up to the Circle: 3 Total number of hours in play: 58 Number of Buckets left behind: 3 Number of Head Torches ruined: 2 Number of times I have cried through exhaustion

Over the years as a Personal Trainer I have come across a range of clients wanting to achieve a variety of goals. Once in particular has made such an impression on me, in truth she is awesome. Nic came to train with me 18 months ago determined to get herself fit and take part in as many adventurous challenges as possible before her body stops her. Now you might think she’ll have ages to do this, we all push ourselves to the max all the time. However for Nic she was diagnosed