2 weeks to go..
As I stare out to the calm Forth, I’m reminiscing about my training. It is hard to believe that I’m just two weeks from starting this adventure. From signing up […]
Category Archives: Cape Wrath Ultra
19 days to go…
Travelling with work is ‘tough’, it’s usually early starts, long days, travelling itself takes its toll. A lot of walking and a lot of thinking usually. Proactively I have limited […]
Pentland Skyline and the taper is FINALLY here!
But how does one Taper for a multi day event? 3 weeks to go! Having run a final hard run of the training, that didn’t exactly go to plan (more […]
Planning for an 8 day ultra!
I think if I knew what it would take to plan a multi-stage race before I entered, I think I might have thought twice, but probably enter anyway. I guess […]
The darker side of being a runner
If you’re a runner or someone who competes for fun or even for glory you will have at some point witnessed the highs of your chosen sport. In running this […]
Confidence broken
And just as the world was looking up and I wrote a blog about confidence I only go and get injurated*. 😦 *new word I slipped on a paving stone […]
Confidence Herring Road
I’ve had some doubts of late whether I’d be able to complete this 8day Ultra in May. My usual visualisation of the race that I do to mentally prepare myself […]
Huge training week
This week I reached a total of 75 km in training which is by far my furthest of this training cycle. It’s been a good week of being able to […]
It was one of those runs I wished I hadn’t started
Bleak. Bleak was the scene that I found myself in. I’d convinced myself that I was clearly invincible and that shorts were also a good idea. The forecast was for […]
MAPS! I love Maps!
Who doesn’t right? Now I’m in Ultra mode, and training, I’m getting excited about long training runs and have begun to dream of mini adventures to while away a day […]
Run Spud Run! 