The Australian Six-Day race at Colac is one of the most well-known ultradistance races in the world. In 2002, Arun Kumar Bhardwaj, to his knowledge the only resident Indian ultrarunner in a country of one billion people, ran this race for the first time. Here he gives a very frank account of the lows and highs of his epic journey, and candidly discusses the lessons he has learned from this race.

This story can also be found on Arun's ultrarunning blog...