DiscoverThe Call to Adventure PodcastCTA 017 - Elise Downing on running around the country, the joy of the UK and never giving up
CTA 017 - Elise Downing on running around the country, the joy of the UK and never giving up

CTA 017 - Elise Downing on running around the country, the joy of the UK and never giving up

Update: 2021-11-11
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Elise Downing was sat in her London grad job office, miserable with the corporate grind, when the idea of running around the UK first came to her. In 2015 the spent 10 months running a lap of the UK, gradually building up her mileage to running 30-40 miles a day and for the most part staying with friends or strangers.

It was a trip that would teach her the power and presence of kindness in the UK, the joy of long distance adventures and that the hardest step is simply committing to it in the first place. Elise’s book, Coasting, is a touching, witty and inspiring account of her travels and why every person, however ordinary they think they are, is capable of adventure.

Elise’s book is available to buy from Waterstones, Amazon, Blackwell's and most other book retailers.

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CTA 017 - Elise Downing on running around the country, the joy of the UK and never giving up

CTA 017 - Elise Downing on running around the country, the joy of the UK and never giving up

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