Sabrina Verjee Wainwrights Round
Sabrina had a plan to break Paul Tierney’s record for a Wainwrights Round of 6 days and 6 hours and my previous record of 6 days and 13 hours. The plan was that she would be moving a little slower but have fewer rests and less sleep. I chatted to her a few times about it before she started and it seemed sensible. However, when she sent me the schedule a couple of months ago I had a look through it and thought it was really brave. Sabs had set herself a schedule of just under 6 days and instead of going for a little less sleep she had taken it to the extreme. No sleep on the first night, 1 ½ hours on the next four nights and 30 minutes on the final night. However, I knew if anyone could cope with so little sleep it was Sabs. She has massive experience of doing multi-day continuous adventure races and ultra-running races like The Spine. She knows she copes well with minimal sleep and what her limits are. She is also mentally tough enough to do it. For the first 4 days Sabrina was goi