Thoughts from a tapering ultra runner…
13 days and I will be running in my first ever multistage/ multi-day run which will cover 400kms in 8 days. The Cape Wrath Ultra is a beast but an […]
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 […]
Running for Hope…
I’m running for the charity Hope for Children – if you would be so kind to donate you can do so here.
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 […]
An 80km week
I stretched the 80km over 5 days fairly evenly. Partly as I was due to be travelling this weekend but also because the snow came and I wanted to run […]
Run Spud Run! 