Saturday 24th March 2012 was the first time that I ran the Wicklow Way 51K Ultra and it was a grand day out. Running for 4 hrs 11 minutes and 3 seconds with 1940m of accumulated altitude was extreme. But because it was on trails, 4 days later, I have almost got my legs back. The message being, don't run on the road if you can avoid it, run on trails or on grass, that's what it's there for (although the cows might disagree).