SCALE YOUR PEAK
RICHARD ASKWITH outlines why conquering a private Everest can be so fulfilling
ALL running involves mountains, even though most of them are metaphorical. Your first parkrun, your first half-marathon, that 10k PB: they’re all about scaling peaks.
Perhaps that’s why so many of us love to run in real mountains. It gets the nature of the challenge out in the open.
Yes, you want to beat people; perhaps even to win. But what gives you that warm glow when you look back at the end of the day is that battle between you and the hills.