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
As a new runner I was constantly trying new apps as I searched for the best tools to help me run faster, further and more intelligently. After three years of trial and a lot of error I've now got a collection of apps that I rely on during my training and races. So without a … Continue reading My Top Apps for Runners in 2018
I stare down that road and see exactly where I began. This stretch of single track road probably means nothing to nobody, but to me it means everything. It is where I started to run off the old me, to heal the wounds that tortured and move on from the past that tormented me. Despite … Continue reading Where I Began
It’s 4am and I’m wide awake. I’m reaching in the dark for the damp running kit I had only taken off a few hours earlier. I’m tired and sore heading out into the foggy morning for another five mile run. All that can only mean one thing; it’s Endure24 time again. Last year I classed … Continue reading Endure24 – Back Again
Last week the London Landmarks Half Marathon, which was only launched this year, announced that they would be introducing a balloted entry system for 2019's race. The outpouring of frustration on social media ever since has got me thinking about the rise of balloted races. I should start this post by admitting that the first … Continue reading Battle of the Ballots
I remember the fear I had going in to a running shop for the first time. Suffering from imposters syndrome I asked sheepishly what shoes they’d recommend for a marathon runner. It was October 2015, six months before I would line up for my first ever marathon and I needed some shoes to match the … Continue reading Brooks Glycerin Review
