ULTRALAPSA'S TALES

How many times do you have to run a 24-hour race for it to be enough? I’ll be honest - I already knew right after finishing last year’s Roja 24-hour challenge that I would do it again. I’d convinced myself my legs could handle 24 hours on asphalt, but the result I’d been dreaming of for years was still nowhere near within reach. Lately it seems like anyone with a pair of sneakers is out there running 200 km. Why shouldn’t that be me? After all, I’ve got sneakers too.

What is a 24h run anyway - a bunch of questionably adequate people circling an endless loop, sinking deeper and deeper into the depths of their own despair. Do I need it - definitely not, can I do it - most likely not anymore, do I want it - damn right I do!