Plantar Fasciitis- healing the heel
Note: this is not a scientific blog and it’s mainly about the progress of my PF but also the mental affects of rest As I write I’m tentatively upbeat about […]
Category Archives: injury
Heightened senses returning to running
Returning from injury is always done tentatively. Do you risk it? Stepping out the door my senses were sharp, feeling everything. My toes, my metatarsals, my knees, everything. Every ache, […]
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 […]
Conclusions of a non-summitter
It’s almost been a week since I didn’t Summit Ben Nevis on the Rat Race City To Summit race and it’s been playing on my mind. I’ve spoken to friends, […]
City to Summit – Race Report
It was 7pm, I was descending the West Highland Way into Glen Nevis, the Ben in front obscured by thick cloud. In my head I was debating the pros and […]
Injurated
Just when everything was going well I only went and injurated. I know this isn’t a word but it is. I’ve gone and done it twice though. Once, walking across […]
Back to zero
Last weekend, I travelled to the hills to fight nature and failed on two levels. One, I couldn’t run up the hill with the head wind I was making zero […]
What I learnt on my first Ultra
My very inexperienced views on ultra running races with one under my belt here’s some points… Mainly that you can do anything that you put your mind to which won’t […]
2 weeks 2 go…
It’s a strange thing this running malarky, full of ups and downs, especially when hills are concerned 🙂 more so are the psychological ups and downs. It’s so addictive and […]
