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Mongolian Mission

Some mothers catch up with their daughters over coffee and shopping. Five years ago, Clare Walker (my daughter), and I discovered our ideal bonding session: trail running. The hours we spend on the trails have provided the perfect setting for playful teasing, animated debate, and mutual love for nature and each other that characterise our relationship.

In August 2017, we embarked on another mother and daughter trail adventure, this time in Outer Mongolia. A friend had sent me a link to the Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset trail run.

It checked all the boxes: a race billed as , travel in a far-flung land of extraordinary natural beauty with mountains, lakes, horses, and

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