Whilst most of the country were kicking back and celebrating the coronation of Charles III with a beer or two and some cake, several members of the shufflers were taking on some pretty epic running challenges

Maverick Exmoor Marathon

Tackling this, frankly nightmare, of a marathon was Rob Squirrel and friends. Technically “just” a marathon because its distance was 26.2 miles but the 1780 metre elevation gain  and generally appalling terrain certainly took it to the next level in terms of challenge.

_{Smiling and clean, very obviously a “Before” shot}

Well done Rob and team, finishing in a very respectable 8 hours and 1 minute.  

Five Rivers Ultra

A pretty new, but local event is the Five Rivers Ultra. 

This race offers 3, 4 or 5 river options (51, 71 or 103 miles respectively). Three Shufflers, for some reason, jumped at the chance to tackle it : Mike Ward, Bertie Wheen and Jack Morrison.  

Mike and Bertie took the 4 River option while Jack plumped for the 3 river option.

Several shufflers turned up along the route to cheer and offer a  little company along the way. One Shuffler, I am reliable informed, was out in the dark in her PJs cheering people on.

The 4 river runners results were 

• Mike completed the course in 19Hrs 17 mins, putting him second overall and first male
• Bertie completed it in 23hrs 15 mins putting him 4th overall

3 Rivers Results 

• Jack completed the course in 12 hours dead 

And well done Mike, raising over £1200 in the process

Suffolk Coastal Path

Mark Allen took on the Suffolk Coastal Path, stretching from Lowestoft to Felixstowe and covering 57 miles over 4 days