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 […]
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 […]
The Diary: May
I’m tempting fate here, but May’s a spectacular month. Spring strutting its stuff, bank holiday weekends and loads of time outdoors. But…I have mixed emotions this year. Why? Because May 2018 is the last full month of my 30s – agh! Dwelling on that’s gonna freak me out. So just as well I have plenty […]
The Diary: April
In early Feb, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his little burrow in Gobbler’s Knob, saw his shadow, and prognosticated 6 more weeks of winter. He bloody nailed it. Winter was eternal. But, at long last, it’s spring. And I have high hopes for the month ahead. Run, eat, repeat I run a lot. This April, I’m […]
2018 Brecon to Cardiff ultra marathon (in pics)
It was cold. It was tough. But I enjoyed every minute of Run Walk Crawl’s 2018 Brecon to Cardiff 70k ultra marathon. After a lot of huffing and puffing (and swearing), I crossed the finish line in a time of 7 hours and 28 minutes (47th out of 343 runners). But like the first time I […]
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