Nev The Ultrarunner
Nev the Ultrarunner !!
In the Summer of 2018 Nev got the running bug in a big way and set himself the crazy challenge to run a 100km ultramarathon non-stop to raise money for the Royal Berks Charity.
“It was time to get fit, but my training was hampered ironically by a niggling left knee injury that wouldn’t settle. After 4 months of attempted non operative treatments, I went under the knife on New Year’s Eve 2018. Richard Dodds, my senior colleague at RBH performed a keyhole arthroscopy and trimmed back a tear of flipped meniscal cartilage. The operation was a real success, (phew!) and within a week I was back operating on my own patients. Within 2 weeks I had my trainers back on and the hard work started building up to the Race to the Stones 100km Ultramarathon in the Summer.”
Nev has written a series of entertaining blogs as his training plan progressed through the year leading up to the race.
Blog to the Stones 1…
Blog to the Stones 2…
Blog to the Stones 3…
Blog to the Stones 4…
Blog to the Stones 5…
Blog Past the Stones…
“Since that experience I have continued to train regularly, get increasingly fitter and healthier and entered some future races. This training has had a massive positive impact on my physical and mental health, as well my organisational skills, balancing a successful surgical practice, and my family life with 3 sporty boys under 13 years old.”
Follow Nev’s training plan with Strava (click here)