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Running Beyond

Ian Corless R571 iancorless.org

‘Epic ultra, trail and skyrunning races.’ The ad popped up somewhere on Facebook and intrigued me. Being passionate about pretty much most things trail running, I’m overloaded with social media posts, memes, race reports, digital images and triumph-of-thehuman- spirit stories.

I enjoy most of them, but there remains something magically permanent and solid about hardcopy, and this one looked especially appealing – a visually spectacular coffee-table format hardcover collection of descriptions, photographs and stories of 35 of some of the gnarliest runs on the planet, put together by the legend himself, pioneering trail runner Ian Corless.

I had to have it!

Gratification was delayed, however, and the ad was just a teaser. The book was only available for purchase and delivery in a few months’ time, so I bookmarked and diarised, and with the help of (free plug – great service!), was thrilled to receive a big