There are two moments that I say my running started; the first time I dragged my arse off the sofa and went out for a run and the Oxford Half in 2015. While it is hard to imagine a time when I wasn't running and blogging, I never actually wrote about my first half marathon as … Continue reading Running in my own Footprints
I said in a blog post last year that marathons come down to just a few moments, sometimes they can just come down to 93 collected seconds. Moscow Marathon had seemed like a far off venture for so long that it some how managed to sneak up on me rather unprepared. After Lakeland 50, my … Continue reading One Minute and Thirty Three Seconds
This taxi is going way over the speed limit down the motorway and I’m getting changed in the back seat, just your standard race morning. I don’t tend to write up every race nowadays as I know you’d probably get a bit bored of the same old story but the Richmond Runfest 10K was no ordinary … Continue reading Not a Regular Raceday
The first time I threw my name into the ballot for the London Marathon it was a complete whim. I wasn't running back then at all and truth be told I probably had no real intention of running it. In between entering the ballot and getting my spot I had gone through a hellish few … Continue reading Why I’m Running New York
I haven't been as honest as I should've been, I'm sorry. The Two Tunnels Half Marathon hurt, both mentally and physically. I could list hundreds of reasons why it didn't go to plan but the truth is there's only one reason that mattered; I didn't take the challenge seriously. I became complacent in what a … Continue reading Filter Photos Not Words.
As runners, we are constantly on the look out for new ways to make us faster and more efficient. One of the easiest ways, without more bloody training, is to have a pair of shoes that enhances your running. So at every marathon expo or running event I would stare enviously at the On stand, … Continue reading On Cloudflyer – A Review
Distract your brain and your body will get it done I kept thinking. But as the hail pelted against my waterproof I could struggle to think of little else but the horrible here and now. Then I remembered the post-it note. About a week before the race I was having one of my many sleepless … Continue reading GOING THE DISTANCE – MY FIRST ULTRAMARATHON (PT 2)
“The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.” - Arthur C Clarke When I first started running in 2015 just getting two miles down the road without stopping seemed impossible. My burning lungs and lead like legs would slow me to a walk. As the months went by … Continue reading Going the Distance – My First Ultramarathon (pt 1)
This post is two stories about falling; the physical and the metaphorical. It was then that I tripped A few weeks ago I took part in the incredibly fun Maverick Gloucestershire race at Sudeley Castle. Marverick host a series of trail races all over the UK, in stunning locations. I arrived an instantly felt out … Continue reading Falling Down
As I am training for my first ever ultra, Trail Marathon Wales seemed like a perfect ‘training run’. It offered similar elevation gains and terrain to Lakeland50 and it would get me used to running on trails for prolonged periods in a race set up. It seemed too good an opportunity to pass up. I … Continue reading Trial by Trails – My Trail Marathon Wales
