Six Inch Trail Marathon 2017 - No country for old men
In many ways, the Six Inch trail marathon has defined my time as Bipolar in Transition. It was the event that mentally broke me in 2014 , leading me to diagnosis and treatment for BP2 disorder . It has been the yardstick by which I measure my achievements (to the point of beating myself up when I don't get to those levels). And it introduced me to the wonderful world of the WA trail running community, many of whom I now call friends. This year I was always going to come back. For training, I tried to concentrate on quality over quantity. In 2014, I had pounded and pounded the kms to accumulate a good base, but hadn't spent a lot of time on trails and lost my focus any time I had to walk. This time, no run had been greater than 30km in length. The kicker was that all of my long runs had a fair bit of elevation, trying to equal or exceed the total elevation (approx 950m) of the 6" course. Runs in the Porongorup and Stirling Ranges, returns to Bald Head and even the Alban...