"Don’t just think, don’t just mark your calendar, don’t just post about it, don’t just dream, actually f**king do." These were the words that surged through my body as my feet began to do what I’d travelled 3,000+ miles for. As soon as we began I knew that one factor could massively obstruct my goal of … Continue reading NEW YORK STATE OF MIND – PART TWO
New York is the backdrop to countless cliché movies, Hollywood’s dreams are woven through it’s every avenue and street. It is a place that you can’t help but feel hopeful in. Those cinematic endings where the music swells and everyone gets their happily ever after overrides your self-held sensibilities. It is intoxicatingly inspiring. On December … Continue reading New York State of Mind – Part One
For anyone who has ever dreamed of getting that coveted six-star marathon majors medal, this is the product review for you. Not many of the runners I have spoken to knew that apart from qualifying, ballot or charity places there is another way of securing one of those elusive spots in marathons such as New … Continue reading 2:09 – A Review
The day before Snowdonia Marathon I woke up in a hotel in Athens almost 4,000kms away from the start line. 14 hours of travelling and five different modes of transport later we arrived at the expo, five minutes before it closed. A good night's sleep and an unhealthy amount of porridge later I was on … Continue reading Mountains & Miles
Last month some of you will found the golden ticket in the post; a place in the iconic London Marathon. For many of you it will be the first marathon you’ll ever do, it was for me. For the lead up to next year's London I wanted to do something special; rather than telling my story, … Continue reading The Morning Coffee Run Crew
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.
