About this episode

Andy shares his experience of completing a 230-kilometre ultramarathon through the Amazon rainforest.

He's back. Andy returned from Peru having completed 230 kilometres through the Amazon rainforest over five days, finishing 17th out of 67 starters, and winning the Simon Small Award for his presence and leadership in camp. This week, he and Rich go through the whole thing. It starts at Cloud Forest - 3,000 metres above sea level, clouds rising up from the jungle below, temperatures at 3 degrees - and the moment Andy stepped off the bus and all the fear just disappeared. He'd arrived. He was back in his happy place. Then it's day by day. Day 1 down through five different ecosystems, insoles shifting in his shoes at 20K, running the rest of the day without them. Day 2 into proper jungle for the first time - little rivers, bogs, mud, trees to go under and over, and ants. Ants everywhere, in every size and colour, for the entire five days. Day 3 - the hardest 25K he's ever done in his life. Three enormous hills in thick humid jungle at 500 metres above sea level, a final 3.7K section that took him two hours to climb in semi-dry conditions, and then it rained for everyone still out there behind him. Day 4 brutal but manageable. And then Day 5 - up an on it at 4.30am, 70K, a river…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy Delderfield, Richard Casement

Topics covered

• ultramarathon
• Amazon rainforest
• personal experience
• running challenges
• adventure racing

Keywords

• Amazon Ultra
• running
• ultramarathon
• adventure
• jungle
• challenges
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Peru, Amazon rainforest, Cloud Forest

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