Ever been deep into a majestically wild and rugged run but felt that unsettling creep of anxiety?
Did you budget 6 hours but with 9 hrs on the watch and still a way to go, realise you might have underestimated things? Maybe you set off in the sunshine but are surprised by driving rain and howling winds? Did visibility suddenly diminish, and you ponder whether you’re lost?
Not having the right stuff in your pack, but the right knowledge in your head, can turn a beautiful run into a disastrous one, so it’s important to get the right advice from the right people.
Duncan Maughan is the CEO of RemoteMed, a company that offers First Aid and emergency medical response to outdoor events, including mountain ultras, and Duncan in particular is a critical care nurse, emergency and wilderness medicine specialist – someone you definitely want on your team at all times. Duncan is the authority on the kinds of trouble runners encounter in dynamic remote environments.
Fuelling Maintenance
He reveals that a lot of an athlete’s effort, both physical and psychological, goes into dealing with the environment, and
