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| Bath tunnel ultra marathon a 'mind-bending' test | Bath tunnel ultra marathon a 'mind-bending' test |
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| "You've got to be a sandwich short of a picnic to give it a go." | |
| That is the verdict of Tunnel Ultra runner Karl Baxter, who entered a 200-mile marathon in a disused railway tunnel in Bath. | That is the verdict of Tunnel Ultra runner Karl Baxter, who entered a 200-mile marathon in a disused railway tunnel in Bath. |
| Participants have to run the distance in 55 hours in pitch-black darkness. Many do not finish and one entrant went temporarily blind in previous years. | Participants have to run the distance in 55 hours in pitch-black darkness. Many do not finish and one entrant went temporarily blind in previous years. |
| The challenge is described as a "mind-bending test of extreme endurance and sensory deprivation". | The challenge is described as a "mind-bending test of extreme endurance and sensory deprivation". |
| Video journalist: Alex Howick | Video journalist: Alex Howick |
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