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Running – the obsession

Featuredby Glenn Tait 13 Comments

Originally posted on Run Spud Run!:
As many people know I’m a little obsessed with running. It has become part of my life in a big way. To show my…

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Running, Ultramarathon, Video/Film, Weightloss

2021: the year I hardly ran

January 3, 2022by Glenn Tait 1 Comment

I wrote this but didn’t publish, thinking it too negative or not relevant. But as I’m awake at 4am I feel different and as this is a personal blog I […]

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injury, Running

Bikepacking Perth to Oban, Scotland

October 15, 2021by Glenn Tait 1 Comment

As I sit here looking at the red sunrise, warm and comfortable on a plane at 20,000ft I reminisce about the three days Bikepacking I’ve just completed. Not 24hrs ago […]

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adventure, bikepacking, Cycling, Running

Plantar Fasciitis- healing the heel

March 26, 2021by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

Note: this is not a scientific blog and it’s mainly about the progress of my PF but also the mental effects of rest. As I write I’m tentatively upbeat about […]

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injury, Running

Plantar Fasciitis Yo-yo

March 12, 2021by Glenn Tait 1 Comment

January Virtual Spine got me, I got PF, a soreness in the ankle. It was either the snow, ice, wearing spikes, and/or the increase in mileage that got me. The […]

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Running

Escape – An emergency day off.

February 13, 2021by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

Lockdown is rubbish eh? I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where we’ve been bound by law to stay within our council boundary since November. Before that, it was asked of us […]

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adventure, Cycling, mountain bike, Pentland Hills, Pentland Hills National Park, Running, Trail Running

Adventure reflections 2020

January 2, 2021by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

I made a montage of my favourite adventures in 2020. Pictures and videos showing awesome places to run, swim and ride in Edinburgh and Scotland.

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Running

Running Scotland Coast to Coast – Video

October 23, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

You can read a blog about the run here 🙂

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Running, Trail Running

Easy East Lothian

October 6, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

A day off timed right with October sunshine saw me head to East Lothian. I was dead chuffed with this route. It seemed to have everything. Forest, beach, hills, open […]

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Running

Garmin and it’s lies 🤷‍♂️

September 25, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

I love data. And I especially love being told good things. So when they go hand in hand it’s a good thing. Like getting back from an awesome run where […]

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Running

Glen Tromie Kingussie Circuit

September 17, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

Another day in the Cairngorms was too hard to pass up with mountains of holiday to take. I hatched a plan and Ronnie was up for it too. The plan […]

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Cycling, mountain bike

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Andy’s birthday weekend away turned out to be epic thanks to the weather. Aberfoyle gravel riding, Loch Ard Canoeing, road riding to Loch Lomond and hiking up Ben Venue. Beautiful place with good food and drink to boot! #hiking#canoe#water#loch#sun#scotland#aberfoyle#cycling#gravelfoyle#roadbike#benvenue#adventure#fun#outsideisfree#beautiful#beauty#sunset#moonrise
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Today was a hike. It was meant to be slow. But I had to stop myself from overtaking the hiker ahead. I had all day to do 20km and I needn’t hurry. Heading up toward Easdale Tarn the sun had just risen above the eastern fells. Still cool but you could feel the warmth coming. The steep ascent after Easedale Tarn too me to Stickle Tarn, but before descending i took time to pause, lying down looking out at the view. I wanted to savour it. Remember it. Eventually after a snack I made my way to the main path descending from the tarn to Langdale. I took what seemed the lesser travelled path to the east. Here I found a rock and perched myself to read a few chapters of a book. It was bliss. After a few dozen pages, I drank some water and headed down to the valley, and on towards Chapel Stile where I bought some refreshments from the Langdale Cooperative. I surveyed the land and noticed my route would take me almost vertically up toward grasmere. I was up for it, my legs however were not. The path to the summit was amateur for the lakes, loose rock, no discernible track, it was more animal track than proper way. I imagined someone just decided that this was a route and they started to make a path. I summer this way would be covered in braken, in winter though the dead stems of last summers bracken were still there. Half way up the loose rock path petered out, as if the path builder gave up, got bored, or died before finishing. Either way, I found the top and swiftly descended to grasmere
6am and I’m awake from a dream. The day ahead is promising to be an epic. I’m too eager to start but I force myself to rest for a bit. I would be better off with some more sleep. I dozed until I could no longer. I gingerly went for my morning coffee. Trying to have few human interactions before the caffeine kicks in. I went back to my room and ate two pain au chocolates. My breakfast of choice from the coop last night.
They have hills around here! 🥵
West Cairn Hill from Harperigg. Bog, bog and more bog. The type of run where you succumb to the wet sock immediately and just get on with it. Beautiful views and spring weather.
Awesome day for a ride and a run. Can’t beat blue skies. Not bad after a day at the rugby on the beer either.
It’s been a while since I’ve ventured out in borderline mental weather and also an age since I’ve been in these parts of the hills i so often frequented before my plantar fasciitis. I chose this route so I could use my new inov8 x-talon shoes on boggy terrain and it delivered that. I wasn’t quite expecting having to run at a 30° angle into the wind in order to run forward, but the tail wind around Hare Hill helped me bog hop. The grip is unreal as well as sticky on the icy access road. So top marks for them!
Solid weekend of getting outside. Enjoyed the awesome road bike climb over to Dunning yesterday and today suffering for a 8km pacey run. Foots still meh but im managing it! Bike fitness definitely paying off.
Running! In the hills! On a sunny day. Can’t beat it. It was a great way to finish off a week where I’ve kick started a new plan. A plan to get me running more but also to focus some time in the gym. A major barrier to me going to the gym which is neatly housed in my garage, a mere 5m from my front door, was the lack of focus. So I wrote down some exercises and some goals and a plan. And low and behold I didn’t aimlessly lift some weights every now and then, but actually showed up 3 days and finished the sets I wrote down. Not only that but I managed the 10k steps per day which was put in place as my steps last year tapered off when it got dark.
Mull had some colour though. Wild vistas and wildlife. Eagles, Deer, Buzzards, Sparrow Hawks and sheep. Lots of horizontal rain which meant wine by the fire was imperative and beers in the pub down the road. Happy New Year! #isleofmull #beach#cruachan#treshnish#arospark#mull#scotland#hogmannay #wildlife
Isle of Mull had some Greyscale views. #mull#scotland#treshnish#tobermory#isleofmull#winter#greyscale#blacknwhite#getoutside#walking#hiking#holiday#retreat#fun#lighthouse#westcoast

My posts

  • 2021: the year I hardly ran
  • Bikepacking Perth to Oban, Scotland
  • Plantar Fasciitis- healing the heel
  • Plantar Fasciitis Yo-yo
  • Escape – An emergency day off.

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