The Pilgrim Challenge, organised by XNRG events, is a race that I have done a couple of times before, and has a special significance for me as it the first race I did where I actually felt like a proper ultrarunner and was able to finish in a reasonably respectable time. It’s organised as 2-day, there-and-back stage race on the North Downs Way (NDW) running from near its start at Farnham to Redhill, which is roughly one-third of the way along the whole 100 miles of the NDW.
Read full blog post about the Pilgrim Challenge – a personal account of the two-day, 66-mile Pilgrim Challenge on the hilly, muddy trails of the North Downs Way — from a strong start to a hard-fought finish, and valuable lessons learned in pursuit of a 1,000-mile charity goal.
