Approaching his middle forties Gavin Boyter wondered what his life was all about A Scot living in London single & with no kids he was living for the job & the dwindling hope of a career in film He had been a club runner all his life pretty good but not at the front all that often He was what he called an ordinary runner & he came to wonder just what an ordinary runner might be capable of How about John O' Groats to Land's End the longest linear run in Britain & how about making a film of it? & how about writing a book? As usual Gavin was neither the first nor the quickest but Downhill from Here is his real triumph written in such an engaging & witty voice the reader accompanies him every step of the way