2021: the year I hardly ran
I wrote this but didn’t publish, thinking it too negative or not relevant. But as I’m awake at 4am I feel different and as this is a personal blog I […]
Tag Archives: Edinburgh
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 effects of rest. As I write I’m tentatively upbeat about […]
Escape – An emergency day off.
Lockdown is rubbish eh? I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where we’ve been bound by law to stay within our council boundary since November. Before that, it was asked of us […]
Adventure reflections 2020
I made a montage of my favourite adventures in 2020. Pictures and videos showing awesome places to run, swim and ride in Edinburgh and Scotland.
Easy East Lothian
A day off timed right with October sunshine saw me head to East Lothian. I was dead chuffed with this route. It seemed to have everything. Forest, beach, hills, open […]
Strava PRs…
Me, like quite a lot of runners and cyclists are on Strava. I’ve been on it since the early days, I can’t remember when but I remember when that was […]
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, […]
Why am I running 100km?
Well, it’ll actually be around 105km by the time I’m complete. The simple answer to this is because I want to. I’ve never ran this distance before in any shape […]
Remembering the running tricks
I’ve become a sloppy runner. I don’t know if others who run ultras get like this or if it is just me but I don’t really have a training plan, […]
Running Scotland
Little did I know that when I signed up to run the Cape Wrath Ultra that it would lead to many more adventures and personal challenges. I met some wonderful […]
Run Spud Run! 