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Sometimes your mates have a lot to answer for.

That extra pint when your other half is waiting at home. The peer pressure purchase you’re still not sure you really wanted. Or running a series of gruelling ultra marathons all over the world.

OK, the last option may be slightly more unusual, but it’s what happened to Tarne Westcott.

A pub meet-up with his friend Dharmesh Mistry transformed him from reluctant marathon runner to 100-mile ultra finisher...