I have two fundraising pages at the moment - my personal one: Wonderful
And one with my Running on Plants team. Both Fundraisers are in favour of Viva!, which is such a wonderful charity, working as it does for the animals!
Thanks for stopping by my blog.👍
I meet and talk to lots of different people on my adventures (training, really). If we only met recently, please check out this link for Early Childhood Development and, for plant-based nutrition for dogs and cats, put 'plant-based nutrition for dogs' in the search box.
I've done all my actual ultras - as opposed to my virtual ones - through https://www.actionchallenge.com
They are a wonderful company who cannot do too much for you. Highly recommended.
This year - 2025, I've entered 3 events again - the Bath50, London Summer Walk (again a 50k) and the 2nd half of the Thames Path challenge.
Last year I did 3 events with them:
The London Winter Walk at the end of January (accompanied by my two granddaughters and one of their boyfriends!); Easter50 Challenge; and the Thames Path100 Challenge (continuous). Read further down to see why I feel the need to do the 2nd half of this challenge again! 🙂
Here I try and detail all my ultra adventures - don't always succeed, as I'm not the most disciplined bloke in the world - both for my own amusement, and for anyone who is interested. I do ultra marathons for two reasons - one because they're bloody good fun, and, more importantly, they are also a means of fundraising for charities which are dear to my heart, and benefit the animals.
I appreciate that times are hard - but these are also difficult times for charities, as I'm sure you'll appreciate. Through my ultras, I'm fundraising for Viva! who have been very active rescuing animals from Ukraine - and have an animal sanctuary in Poland. They also do sterling work exposing the horrors of animal abuse in farms and slaughterhouses. Here's a link for anyone who is in a position to donate, Wonderful * (whose services are completely free). Many, many thanks for the awesome support my efforts are receiving! And the animals thank you, also.
*If you have any trouble with this link, please email me at paulwyoud(at)gmail.com.
I have several people to whom I look for inspiration - and I found most of these on Rich Roll's podcast. Rich Roll himself, of course, is one of my heroes, being a vegan ultra runner and ironman extraordinaire. Through his podcasts I've been introduced to a whole range of endurance athletes and positive thinkers. David Goggins and Fiona Oakes, stand out - two of the most inspirational athletes around today.
