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 […]
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 […]
The Diary: September
For a while now, I’ve been posting about being injured (annoying) and developing a podcast (big learning curve). At long last, I’ve turned a corner. I’m running and the podcast’s live. Yep, September’s been a good month. Up and running I got injured attempting my first 100 mile ultra marathon back in May. And I […]
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