Elise was spending a lot of time crying on buses. She had just graduated from university; she had a shiny new flat, her first proper job and a budding relationship – and they were all making her utterly miserable. Sitting at work one day, she hit upon the obvious solution:

Run 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain, carrying her kit on her back.

Six months later Elise set off, with absolutely no ultra-running experience, unable to read a map and having never pitched a tent alone before. Over the 301 days that followed she developed a debilitating fear of farmyard animals, cried on a lot of beaches and saw Britain at its most wild and wonderful.

My Thoughts:

Elise is unhappy, there are new things happening in her life but she just does not feel so fulfilled. So Elise does something she has always wanted to do and that is to travel around the coast of Britain but by doing this she is going to run it. She has no experience and does not really know all of what will happen but she knows she needs to do it. I really feel as the reader that we are part of Elise’s journeys, we share the highs and lows with her and I really felt as though I was rooting for her the whole time. Elise is an inspiring woman and I like how the story was told. If your after an adventure, read this book.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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