Relationships and health | Physical Education | PSHE

‘This is fine. Everything is fine.’

Free spirit: Courtney Dauwalter (above) does not have a coach or a strict training plan. She runs in long shorts and baggy clothes because, she says, they are more comfortable. She eats sweets while training and drinks beer afterwards, because that’s what makes her the most happy.

Is success all in the mind? Courtney Dauwalter is an ultra-marathon runner who has won 200-mile races. When things get hard, she goes to a place in her head called “the pain cave".