This review is for Fortitude at Denbies 30th June 2024. This event is so much fun! It was mine and my friend's first ultra and is absolutely perfect for first timers or seasoned ultra runners thanks to the differing lengths of loop and the ability to drop down to the lesser mileage. As it was our first we ran 3miles (5km) every hour for 10 hours, lap 7 is HARD! But I read somewhere that if you get out onto lap 8 then you will make it to 10 so we and our neighbours kept that in mind and we did it! Quite a few people started on black or red and dropped down but the great thing about that is, even if you drop down, you get a great medal and t-shirt AND you've done an amazing mileage so you'll still look bada55 on strava! The first hill is the killer, 1 full mile of steep ascent and over the day you'll run up an ascent higher than Snowdon, so train for hills, also train for running down steep hills. And make sure you're in cushioned shoes as the last few laps on hard packed trail and gravel sting. Brilliant day, just a shame the "after event" that was promised didn't happen, no announcement or well done everyone, just packed up and went home. Would definitely have been nice to round the day off with something but given how awesome the day was, not having a post event gathering isn't enough to put me off signing up again!

What an event. First time doing an Ultra and got hooked! The course was not for the faint hearted, but if you dig deep, and love going in dark places (fun though 😆) this is for you. I will absolutely do this kind of event again, but of course next time, trying the black course 😉 Well done to Fullsteam Fortitude for an excellent organisation .

Well almost a week on the the legs are talking to me again. Having done thr pippinford event twice I did think this could be no harder but denbies proved to be a great challenge with a evil hill to start and then the leg sapping downhills which although the elevation was similar this was definitely tougher cheers to Lee and team once again and I will be back as getting ever closer to the red shirt