Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing

Title in this Set :. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing. Condition : BRAND NEW. Format : Paperback. ISBN : 9781787839816. Description :. 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: Run 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain, carrying her kit on her back.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.... About the Author :. Elise is a runner, writer and speaker based in Bristol. In 2016 she became the first woman and youngest person to run 5000 miles self-supported around the coast of the UK, an experience she has recounted about in her first book Coasting. She has written for publications including Cosmopolitan, Countryfile, Outdoors Magic and Coach.