My name is Paul Wood. I just turned 32 on St Patrick's Day 2011 and I'm writing this blog as a kind of diary of my experiences training for the Gobi Challenge - 6 days running over 100 miles in the Mongolian desert in late July of this year. I've never considered myself a serious runner, but somehow I've found myself in a position to attempt something most people would define as requiring practically superhuman endurance. It won't, or at least if it does I won't be making it across the finish line. However, it will be one of the toughest challenges I've ever taken on and I thought it might be interesting to document the process I'm going through to try to turn myself from useful 5K charity runner to ultra distance event competitor.
For details on the Gobi Challenge itself click here.
