Unexpected Winter
I’m cosy in bed. It’s a Saturday after a full week at work, worse, it’s the first full week of work since the Christmas and New Year holidays. Ordinarily I’d […]
Category Archives: Running
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 […]
SwimRun – the beginning
What’s this all about? I thought about a year ago. Swimming and Running, Running and Swimming. I saw a race was being planned to swim across a loch, then run […]
A run in the woods
Those who follow my random tweets will have had an insight to this event but I feel it worthy of a blog post. Ordinarily a run in the woods would […]
Slow running
I’ve never been much of a speed demon. Though not the slowest in my bunch of friends, I’d come in the top quarter of mass start races and maybe even […]
Tiree Ultra 2015
All signs said don’t do it. Feet hurt. Injured in training. Training didn’t go to plan. But I was committed. Already a DNS at the Glenogle ultra in 2013 I […]
The night before my first Ultra
As penultimate days go and maybe preceding weeks to an ultra too go, these haven’t been the best. 1. 10days ago I self diagnosed myself with a touch of Mortons […]
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 […]
Race the Train 2015 Twywn
One train, One Runner Many Runners… 14miles of Welsh valley, sheep tracks, steep hills, bogs, fords, streams and fields… Who will win..? Watch below to find out! Race the Train […]
Ultra planning progress
Focus. Belief. Blind optimism. What ever it’s called I’ve got it. The injury setback (again) has been tough but since starting out again on my journey to the Ultra marathon […]
Run Spud Run! 