I started running when I was 10 years old, and I've been a runner ever since. Not surprisingly, that means I've done a lot of races, and I mean A LOT. These races have ranged in distance from just the 100m sprint right the way up to 200 miles, but I've never been very good at sprinting and I found that I excelled over the longer distances, usually the longer the better. It's only the past 15 years or so where I've really become an ultra trail runner - prior to that, I always considered myself a road runner, and I used to compete regularly in 10km, half marathons, and of course the marathon. I felt confident doing those distances, I wasn't afraid of the "hurt", and I knew exactly how to pace them. As a road runner, there is always this thing about chasing PBs - or PRs if you're from North America - and every time I toed the line, it was always about going as fast as possible on the day. I spent a good couple of years chasing times - that sub 40 mi...