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 […]
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 […]
Fancy a trail run?
In early October, I got a text from a mate: Fancy taking me trail-running? After years of heading off on my own, running through mud and writing about it, I think it was the first time anyone had asked if I could take them to experience it for themselves. Yes, John. Yes I do. Under pressure […]
Tales of the unexpected: my first 100 mile ultra marathon
I worried about a galaxy of things before running my first 100 mile ultra marathon. A million and one scenarios played out in my mind. But, nothing prepared me for badgers, Russians or the restorative power of hot dogs. Yes. My first 100 turned out to be pretty memorable. Up and at ’em It started […]
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