Gari John is a local man who's flavour of running is a lot more challenging that the standard 10k's, half marathon's or even marathons. Gari is known for undertaking challenges in excess of 100 miles and even attempting the Race Across Scotland, which is a challenging 215 mile event. As we catch up with Gari we discover how he first started running and went on the journey from road running to developing his love of longer distances and undertaking remarkable challenges of ultra marathon races. Gari talks about training with his team mates, Swansea Vale Runners and provides some fascinating insight into what he thinks it takes to run an ultra.

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