Elise Downing
Elise Downing is a runner, writer and speaker, best known for being the first woman to run 5,000 miles self-supported around the coast of Britain. It’s difficult to overstate how completely unprepared she was for her coastal run in 2016, and although she’s finally learned to read a map now (phew), she’s determined that you don’t need to be a super athlete to do fun things in the outdoors. Coasting, Elise’s account of her adventure, was chosen as one of The Times Best Books of 2021 and...

