Coasting Av Elise Downing

<p><b>Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2021</b><br><b><br> Running away from your problems doesn''t solve anything - but sometimes it''s more fun than dealing with them</b><br><br> 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:<br><br> Run 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain, carrying her kit on her back.<br><br> 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.<br><br> Coasting is about putting one foot in front of the other, even when it feels impossible, and trying to enjoy it