Post ultra feet
I have to say that I was amazed to get zero blisters whilst running Glasgow to Edinburgh. I put it down to merino wool socks and hard feet. I was […]
Category Archives: Ultramarathon
I’ve ran from Glasgow to Edinburgh!
This title was the only reason I ran this race. I have to admit that the canal towpath, as lovely as car-free places are, did not fill me with much […]
Ultra Maranoia
I first heard the term Maranoia a few years back when it comes to the London Marathon time of year a lot of people talk about it. I’ve never done […]
2 weeks
I’m setting out in 2 weeks time to run 56 miles. That’s 90km. That’s a long way. I’ve been starting to visualise the run. Walk through it mentally, figure out […]
The run after the race…
Yesterday I wrote how I raced before I ran my long Saturday run, and here is that run’s low down. Ultra running can be a lonely sport, miles and miles […]
Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultra Training
It’s not going well, I mean, I’ve been running and running a lot but 56miles is quite far and after just 22miles today, my legs were ready to drop off. […]
Wow, what a year 2016 was
Wow, what a year 2016 was. With all the real life things that were going on, my running and adventures seemed to be overwhelmingly successful. Looking back is natural at […]
Not long to go now!
I’ve made it to East Lothian. 60km shy of the complete John Muir Way that I started on a whim back on the 1st April. Running and Walking the 155km […]
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 […]
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 […]
Run Spud Run! 