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Running Through the Dark

The Rise and Fall of an Ultrarunner

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Ultrarunner Jen Scotney has achieved podium finishes in some of the UK’s toughest races and now has her sights firmly set on the Pennine Way. In Running Through the Dark, Jen talks about her ambitions, not just to run the 268-mile Pennine Way but to take the record as the fastest woman to do so. But that didn’t happen. Nothing went according to plan. The Jen the world knew was a successful lawyer and running coach – all photoshoots and finish-line smiles – but the truth was much darker. The real Jen Scotney, the one she hid from everybody, suffered with chronic fatigue, debilitating injuries, tragedy, grief and at times had a will so beaten down by setbacks that there just didn’t seem any point in going on.

But she did go on. Running Through the Dark is Jen’s account of her ultra-journey. Playing out on the moors of the Pennines, the fells of the Lake District and the mountains of Wales and Scotland, this is much more than a running book, it is a story about resilience, about never giving up, and about battling through the night and always believing that there will be a new dawn.

©2024 Jen Scotney (P)2024 Jen Scotney Running & Jogging Sports
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Don't listen to this if you are depressed or down, it certainly won't build you up. It's a story of depression with no resolution or positivity. Despite that, Jen obviously achieved a great deal.

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I expected, from the cover and title, this was going to be an inspirational book about the healing powers of running, but instead it’s more about the author’s grief, illness, setbacks and depression. She has experienced sadness and fought many setbacks but the misery is unrelenting - all darkness with no lighter moments, humour or resolution to redeem it as a fully formed book or listening experience.

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Jen tells her story with such courage and honesty. It takes a brave person to share their most private thoughts, experiences and emotions and Jen does just this. I imagine as it was and as it felt.

Jen doesn't pretend not to feel some jealousy about her loss of running. About being surrounded by others pictures and posts about their training and races. That feels authentic.

Thank you for sharing your story.

A story told with courage and honesty

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I feel this maybe should have waited until she had found a touch of happiness or at least acceptance. Such a sad story but clearly written in the shroud of bitterness and deep routed depression.
Unfortunately the narration was very monotone I literally couldn’t tell the difference between the happiness of marriage and freedoms to her in her deepest depths of depression.

An unfinished story

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please example this book, it's such a depressing store and voice. Absolutely nothing is positive in the whole book

depressing

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