<p>You go out for a casual 5K during lockdown to clear your head, and suddenly you wake up a few years later with a 96-mile trail race on your calendar. Classic mistake.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, Steven is joined by Callum Clarke to chat about his absolutely rapid, slightly chaotic, and totally inspiring rise through the running ranks. Callum went from chasing a football around to knocking out a casual ~2:50 road marathon in Paris, before realizing his true calling was getting muddy on the trails.</p><p>We’re getting into the weeds on:</p><p>The &quot;Accidental&quot; Ultra Runner: How a daily 5K challenge snowballed into top-10 finishes at brutal events like the Devil of the Highlands.</p><p>The School of Hard Knocks: Honest chat about the early disasters—pacing screw-ups, fueling fails, and learning the hard way that you can&#39;t just wing a 50-miler.</p><p>Enter Coach Fiona: How getting some proper adult supervision (aka structured coaching) saved him from overtraining and actually got him focusing on... stretching? Who knew.</p><p>The Big Dance: With the iconic West Highland Way race just four weeks away, we look at Callum’s master plan—from back-to-back hill smashers on Arran to sorting out a support crew that can tolerate him for 96 miles.</p><p>Grab a brew, lace up, and get this one in your lugs!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/fundraiserforprostatescotland?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Callums Fundraiser for Prostate Cancer</a></p>