 Right, tell us who you are and something about yourself? My name's Sarah Place, I'm running the Ark of Attrition for the first time ever. I've run a few hundred miles before but this is by far the hardest thing I've ever done. So tell us what your running experience is that brings you to the Ark? I've run a few altres, maybe like 25 or so, but I just wanted to do something that's the hardest thing I've ever done and this is definitely it. So I just wanted that. I just love being on a start line and not knowing whether I'm going to get to the end. It's kind of like a 50-50 whether I'm going to finish or not. Yeah, and just experience the crazy weather that Cornwall has to offer. What's the hardest race that you've done so far in your career? The hardest race I've probably ever done is something called Lakes in a Day, which is about 50 miles from the top of Lake Jistrick down to the bottom. And I did that quite early on in my ultra-running career and it was horrific. That was like the first experience I had of really bad weather. So I imagine the conditions here are going to be quite similar to that. And you've also done the UTS 50K as well more recently, haven't you? How did you find that? That was pretty horrific. I'm not going to lie, just the conditions, the underfoot conditions were awful. But yeah, I can't say I enjoyed that race if I'm being perfectly honest, but I love being on the coast path, so this is going to be much more my bag. So given that you've just described Lakes in a Day as horrific and UTS as horrific, why on earth do you want to do the arc? I can't remember what made me initially enter. I think I was just watching, I was on YouTube watching videos, watching your videos and Lloyd's videos, and there was just something about it. Yeah, it just had this vibe about it with the volunteers, the archangels. It just made it look amazing. And just the fact that it's going to be the hardest thing that I've ever attempted. You have done a few hundred miles before, haven't you? So you've done Thames Path, you've done the North Downsway 50, which is a tough one. How did you manage in the North Downsway? North Downsway was okay, that was my second hundred mile race. It took me quite a while, though, but I enjoyed it. I think it was, I ran the first 80 miles of that thinking, feeling really good. And then it was just the last bit that was hard. But yeah, it took me like 20, 27 hours or something. And then I went back to Thames Path following year and did that. I managed to get 120. Have you ever DNF'd to 100? No. So every 100 mile race you've done, you've finished? Yes. Have you? Is there something in your brain which is determined and dogmatic and refuses to give up? Yeah, I'd say so. Like I have DNF'd a race before. It wasn't a hundred mile there, but it was Trans-Brancon area actually a couple of years ago where I fell over really early on in the race and cut my knee up and stuff and I just couldn't really carry on. But yeah, with this race I want to finish so bad. I don't want anything else other than to just finish this race. I don't care how long it takes. I just really want to get to the end. So I think something pretty bad has to happen for me to not finish this race. That's, I was going to ask you that. Do you have a goal? Do you have a time goal for the arch-autrition? So you're wanting to basically just finish? 36 hours. I'll be more than happy with 35, 59, 59. Have you managed to get out and recce the course at all? Or you've been on the coast path before, haven't you? But just not that area? Yeah, so I have run a lot on the south-east coast path, but none of the actual arch route, which I'm trying not to think too much about because I can't really do anything about it now. Obviously I would have liked to have got down there and run parts of it, but I haven't. So I'm just going to see what happens. I'm sure it, I was going to say it kind of all looks the same, but I know this part of it is particularly gnarly. But I'll just take each, each step as it comes, I suppose. Are there any, are there any? But you have, you have done some research. And is there anything, what scares you the most? Which parts scare you? Which parts are you looking forward to? Which parts strike you as kind of the crux of the course? The bit that scares me the most is that section up to St Ives, just because I've read so much about it and how tricky it is. But at the same time, I almost feel like that's where the race is. If I can get to St Ives, then I've kind of cracked it, so to speak. And also the dunes. I've had so many scary things about the dunes, but by the time I get there, it should be light, so it won't be too bad, hopefully. And just everything that comes with running an ultra, just the fatigue, the tiredness, the muscle, soreness, the mud, the stomach issues, everything that comes with it obviously is quite scary to think about. Tell me about your nutrition. Have you got a plan? Yeah, kind of. I'll be just taking on board a bit of everything, to be honest, like loads of food. And then I'll have Ben as my crew. So I'll have some hot, well, we've got like a little stove that we're taking, so he can maybe heat up some hot water and put it in a pot noodle or something every now and then. And I'll use the checkpoints, get some hot food there. And tailwind for the latter stages of the race where I'm not really going to want to eat that much. But I kind of just see what I fancy at the time and I'm very flexible with my nutrition plan generally. And in terms of kit, do you have a favourite pair of shoes that you want to wear? Are you going to change shoes? What about your jacket? What kind of stuff are you wearing? Yeah, with my shoes, the shoes that I wanted to wear I actually got a massive hole in last week, so I've been frantically trying to find another pair of shoes to have a few pairs, a couple in the car to change into if I need to. And they're the Ultra Lone Peaks. And yeah, I mean I'll have loads of socks and shoes in the car so if I feel like I need to change shoes then I will. How do you get on with the Ultras because they haven't got a drop on them, have they? No, they're fine for me. I've worn them for quite some time I know some people have quite a few issues when they first start out, but they're fine for me. I just like the extra room in the front because I have quite wide feet. So I just don't want to risk my toes rubbing my shoes or anything like that. I just like having enough space and they accommodate my big feet at the front. Well listen, Sarah, by the time that people watch this video you will be out on the course. Oh I hope I am still out there by the time people are watching. I'm sure it will be. Best of luck. If you want to check out Sarah Place then go and look at her dot. She will be right now somewhere out on the coast path. Stay with us until we're back live from the southwest coast path and the archvetrician. Good luck Sarah. Thank you.