Well, the cat's out of the bag now.

Truth is, the 100km was always the plan. I'd already booked it before I ever set foot on the North Yorkshire Moors. What I didn't have was anything to train towards in the short term, so I added the 50km in June deliberately, something concrete to aim for first, before taking on the real target.

On 12 September 2026, I'm taking on the Ultra Challenge's 100km Thames Path event, a continuous challenge, no stopping overnight, starting at Putney Bridge, through Hampton Court, to the halfway point at Runnymede, on through Windsor and Eton, and finishing on the riverside at Henley. Same charity, same page, same reason, Macmillan Cancer Support.

The Moors 50km wasn't a spontaneous challenge that snowballed, it was the rehearsal I built in on purpose. I needed to know my legs, my kit, and my head could cope with distance and heat before walking through the night for twice the distance, and now I know they mostly can.

Walking through darkness is the bit that's new. There's a different kind of training needed for that, on top of simply finding more miles between now and September.

If you sponsored the 50km, thank you, genuinely. If you're only finding out now that it was always leading somewhere bigger, you'll just have to forgive me for the slow reveal. The page is still open, and every penny helps push things further for Macmillan.

justgiving.com/page/fatladattheback

Back for more. Turns out I meant it literally.

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