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 consists of working the 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 a little bit 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 by working.
The inspiring documentary — filmed in Could 2024 and launched in December — consists of interviews with Boddy’s crew, together with her mom, father, sister, physiotherapist, and coach, who had been there each step of the way in which.
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 toes) Ben Nevis from her place to begin 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 highway part. Coach Chris Taylor stated: “Day two began at 2 a.m. This was the day the place we had determined to have only a brief nap on the end of day one, somewhat than a full sleep in order that we might sort out the part of the A82 [highway] … in a single day … I don’t suppose anybody actually had rather more than two hours sleep.”
Imo Boddy beginning out on her Three Peaks problem, from Fort William, Scotland. All images are screenshots from the movie by StoneVisuals.
Boddy’s resilience and willpower shone by within the movie, even when issues acquired powerful, as she recounts: “My knee form of flared up on day two. It flared up after about 300k, so it form of is smart, nevertheless it was irritating and it’s inevitable, so that you simply form of acquired 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 protecting the whole size of Nice Britain.
Day 4 supplied a break from the roads, as Boddy tackled Scafell Pike, the 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, understanding 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 best level in England.
The heat and help of Boddy’s household and different crew members shone all through the movie, as did her deep appreciation for them. On the lengthy highway part from the Welsh border to the bottom of Snowdon, Boddy reaches her lowest level — each bodily and mentally damaged. However the group rallies behind her, and the solar comes out for her last triumphant ascent of Snowdon and descent the end, in a brand new girls’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 ability of each teamwork and private resolve. In case you are within the midst of a coaching hunch and a bit misplaced for motivation, this movie can have you dreaming up your subsequent large problem — and possibly fascinated about the group who will assist get you to the end.
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Imo Boddy on her strategy to setting a brand new girls’s Three Peaks document.
