I’ve just spent a week away learning about all things leadership. And what a week. Inspirational speakers, workshops, new ideas, time outdoors, mindfulness, team sessions, not to mention meeting so many great people. I’m lucky to have been given this opportunity through work. But what did I learn? The big stuff My notebook’s full of […]
From despair to where? Attempting the Dragon 100
So it might sound strange, but the story of my second attempt at a 100 mile ultra marathon begins with the shoddy picture below: 03.06am, about 40 miles in. I was down and out. The area to the left side of my knee had been really painful for 10 miles or so. It was the […]
What I learnt running my first 100 mile ultra marathon: one year on
Last year, a couple of weeks before running my first 100 mile ultra marathon in Pembrokeshire, I wrote this post setting out my pre-race anxieties. I was honest, and laid bare all the things I was fretting about. 12 months on, I have answers to those questions that were flying round my head. So, in […]
Rise and shine
‘Who’s up for an early morning run to watch the sunrise?‘ 3 pints in, I was sat in a pub in the Peak District with 40 people I’d met earlier that day as part of a UK Salomon Ambassador get-together. The night before, I’d stayed in a hotel in Manchester and hadn’t slept at all. […]
2019: New year, new goals
New year is a great time for personal reinvention. And just like last year, my wife and I headed to the Black Mountains on New Years Day armed with a flask of tea to think about one thing: the year ahead. Hills hiked, tea slurped, we came away with a few goals in mind for […]
A Christmas challenge
After a few months off with injury, it’s great to be running again. But with no events lined up in the next few months, getting out has been tough. Put simply, I’m lacking motivation. What to do… How do I get back into the habit of running regularly? This has been on my mind for […]
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