Within the spring of 2024, 24-year-old Imogen “Imo” Boddy broke the ladies’s Three Peaks document within the U.Okay. Now, a brand new movie shares her journey.
The Three Peaks document contains working the very best mountains in Scotland (Ben Nevis at 1,345 meters tall), England (Scafell Pike at 978 meters), and Wales (Snowdon at 1,085 meters) whereas additionally working the gap in between on the roads — for a complete of just about 700 kilometers with 10,000 meters of climb — in just a little over six days. So as to add additional gravitas to the problem, the document Boddy was trying to interrupt had stood for greater than 40 years — set by Ann Sayer in 1979, in 7 days, 31 minutes.
The Three Peaks Problem is extra generally undertaken by climbing all three peaks whereas driving the distances in between them inside 24 hours. Whereas some have opted to cycle, it’s uncommon that anybody covers the gap via working.
The inspiring documentary — filmed in Could 2024 and launched in December — contains interviews with Boddy’s crew, together with her mom, father, sister, physiotherapist, and coach, who had been there each step of the best way.
The challenges confronted alongside this mammoth journey had been logistical in addition to bodily. On day one, Boddy tackled the 1,345-meter (4,413 ft) Ben Nevis from her start line at sea stage, at Fort William Ferry Port within the Scottish Highlands. She then solely had a brief relaxation earlier than an enforced early begin, to keep away from visitors on a harmful street part. Coach Chris Taylor mentioned: “Day two began at 2 a.m. This was the day the place we had determined to have only a quick nap on the end of day one, relatively than a full sleep in order that we may deal with the part of the A82 [highway] … in a single day … I don’t suppose anybody actually had way more than two hours sleep.”
Imo Boddy beginning out on her Three Peaks problem, from Fort William, Scotland. All photographs are screenshots from the movie by StoneVisuals.
Boddy’s resilience and willpower shone via within the movie, even when issues obtained robust, as she recounts: “My knee sort of flared up on day two. It flared up after about 300k, so it sort of is sensible, but it surely was irritating and it’s inevitable, so that you simply sort of obtained to grind it out.” Boddy is not any stranger to endurance challenges. Two years prior, at age 22, the previous triathlete turned the youngest particular person to run LEJOG (Land’s Finish to John of Goats) — a 1,913k (1,189 miles) route overlaying the complete size of Nice Britain.
Day 4 provided a break from the roads, as Boddy tackled Scafell Pike, the very best, and notoriously technical, peak in England’s Lake District. Amidst breathtaking surroundings, Boddy turns into emotional on the summit, and there’s a actual sense of victory on the descent, figuring out that greater than half of the work is completed, and the tip is in sight for this nice problem.
Boddy (in white) and supporters descending Scafell Pike, the very best level in England.
The heat and assist of Boddy’s household and different crew members shone all through the movie, as did her deep appreciation for them. On the lengthy street part from the Welsh border to the bottom of Snowdon, Boddy reaches her lowest level — each bodily and mentally damaged. However the staff rallies behind her, and the solar comes out for her closing triumphant ascent of Snowdon and descent the end, in a brand new ladies’s document for the route of 6 days, 5 hours, and 43 minutes — one thing like an 18-hour enchancment on the document.
This movie takes you on an emotional journey, depicting the facility of each teamwork and private resolve. If you’re within the midst of a coaching droop and a bit misplaced for motivation, this movie could have you dreaming up your subsequent massive problem — and possibly fascinated with the staff who will assist get you to the end.
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Imo Boddy on her method to setting a brand new ladies’s Three Peaks document.