 In 2020, across the world, friends and families were torn apart. Communities left fractured by an invisible enemy. But this is a story about coming together, about an adventure designed to beat the separation and loneliness. One community, no longer bound by convention but by a shared passion set out on a journey. And together, during the global lockdown, they were set free. Welcome to film my run for the Centurion Running One Community event, or croc, as it's known. And Victoria's running the beachy head marathon today. And that's just the start of my adventure. Hopefully I can run a little bit further. Beautiful day on the South Downs. We've started the beachy head marathon at Toboe Peep Car Park, which is kind of halfway round. And then we're going to do the whole loop and come back. Centurion's One Community event attracted some 4,000 runners and walkers from all over the world. Distances from 5k to 100 miles could be completed over a week either at home on a treadmill or outdoors on road or trail. We're heading down into the village of Lillington and then we are going to be going all the way through this wooded area here to West Dean and then through to Exiat and then up the hills over there where the sea is to start climbing the Seven Sisters. Village is actually called Lillington and that wooded area I mentioned is Friston Forest. It's also debatable whether it's pronounced Exiat or Exceed. Regardless the Cookmere Valley is stunning and we continue to run on to the Seven Sisters Hills and headed towards the Beltoo Lighthouse before reaching Beachy Head itself. Something you don't actually see on the Beachy Head marathon is the Beachy Head Lighthouse because the route is a little bit inland so there's Beachy Head Lighthouse. So here we are coming to the finish and start line of the Beachy Head marathon which is kind of just about here. When you do the South Downsway 100 or the 50 you get to this trig point here. You take a left and you go down to Eastbourne Sports Park where you finish the race. We have come along the other section of the Brieverway, the South Downsway Brieverway. So we started at the foot of Beachy Head, followed the Brieverway and now we're going to head all the way to Whirthing, to Hillbarn and Whirthing, to the start of the South Downsway 50. So essentially we are now running the South Downsway 50 in reverse as well as finishing off the Beachy Head marathon and starting the three forts marathon. Well known to any South Downsway runner, any Beachy Head marathon runner, this is the famous White Bridge at Alphaston. Okay so Victoria has done her Centurion running one community marathon, Beachy Head marathon from Bow Peep car park all the way around. So now I'm going to carry on along the South Downsway and get myself to Whirthing. Given that this was a Centurion organised event, it seemed appropriate to be running on such a well known and well loved Centurion course. I always do around 35 miles and it often lasts until 60 miles when I usually throw up. So the plan with this Centurion running one community event is to run 100 miles and we've already done, Victoria and I did the Beachy Head marathon this morning so that was 26 miles. So then I plan to run to Devil's Dyke and from there we start the three forts marathon. So I'll run the three forts marathon, I'm going to do all of the Stenning Stinger marathon and then I'm going to run back out to Devil's Dyke just to finish off the three forts marathon and hopefully by mid-morning tomorrow morning we'll have done over 100 miles. If that makes any sense I hope it does because it doesn't make any to me. And as I ran I could sense 4,000 other runners across the world overcoming their own challenges right beside me. It's stunning, it's 20 to 6 in the evening and our next port of call is Ditchling Beacon which is just about half a kilometer further on. Some drink, I've thrown up everywhere which has been great, 78 kilometers in so almost halfway and we're off now to Chanktonbury. So right from here all the way to Chanktonbury and then all the way down around to this bridge down to Hill Barn where I'm going to meet Victoria again. Having completed the Beachy Head marathon and two-thirds of the South Downsway 50 part of me felt like calling it a day right there but with a big push from my wife I headed into the night to start the three forts challenge. So named because it links the three ancient hill forts of Devils Dike, Chanktonbury and Cisbury Ring. So I've done 104 kilometers well just over 104 kilometers it's now what time is it about 10 past midnight and I'm at Hill Barn so I've now officially finished the South Downsway 50 in reverse and I finished the first half of the three-forts marathon. So I'm now going to start the second half of the three-forts marathon but I'm not going to do all of that because halfway through that I'm going to break off and do the whole of the Stenning Stinger marathon and then I'm going to finish off the three-forts marathon by running out back to Devils Dike. Okay so I'm standing in the middle of the road but it is half past two in the morning and so I've just come to the start location the start finish area for the Stenning Stinger marathon so that behind me there is a Stenning Leisure Centre. This is the start finish of the Stenning Stinger so now just heading back out and going out to follow the loop around and come back. It's 2.36 in the morning I've done 116.7 kilometers 20 hours 8 minutes let's get going and get around this Stenning Loop. It's quarter past four in the morning and I've done 125 kilometers this is the top of well it's almost the top of one of the major climbs of the Stenning Stinger marathon and what an amazing view of the the early morning sunrise very early morning sunrise so if you look at the map of the Stenning Stinger route the whole route kind of looks like an old man stooped over with a very large pointy nose and the point of that nose is here so this is where we turn around and follow this path and now we're on our way back this is the furthest out point we get we're on our way back towards Chanktonbury and Cisbury. Making it through the night always feels good I had been struggling but sunrise gave me new strength in my legs and the knowledge that the finish was within reach Stenning Stinger three-fourths and beachy head are all significant challenges in their own right linking them together had seemed like a perfect plan but the reality of these things is often far less glamorous everything hurt by now but it's supposed to that's why we do it that's why we love it like 18 minutes past seven 143 kilometers done I am now off to finish the last little bit of Stenning Stinger and then we're on our way to Devil's Dyke to finish three-fourths marathon and here we are back at the crossroads again so we've done the beachy head marathon we've done the south downsway 50 in reverse we've done the Stenning Stinger marathon all that's left to do is the final section let's head back up to Devil's Dyke 151 kilometers done 26 hours and five minutes some had spread their run over seven days some had completed their first ever 5k and some had run further or faster than they ever thought possible running up the final hill just for a laugh and today we cross our finish line and it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from what matters is you're here and you made it through hours and three minutes so that is it the centurion running one community event is over for me anyway 100 miles done we'll leave you here on the beautiful gorgeous Devil's Dyke thanks very much for watching take care we'll see you for another film my run very soon bye bye