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DT40 trail marathon didn’t go to plan. It was a run of 2 parts. My last race before this was the #UGB200 miler a month before recovery had gone well and my energy levels were starting to get back to normal, but…
On a distinctly autumnal afternoon, twenty intrepid Harriers met at Leeds-Bradford airport for a weekend sojourn to the Rhine valley. After a short flight to Dusseldorf, we caught the train to our destination, Cologne. A special mention here should go…
I seem to have become a bit of a trail runner in recent months – if there aren’t hills, mud and a bit of a scramble then i don’t seem to be interested…this is what can happen with that attitude…
One of the most famous mountain ultra-races in the world is the UTMB (Ultimate Tour of Mount Blanc), a 171km race around the Mont Blanc Mountain range. This race is part of the Race week in Chamonix, during the week…
One mile at a time #UGB200 It is over a week now since I finished the Ultra Great Britain 200 mile race from Southport to Hornsea along the Trans-Pennine Trail and the afternoon naps have now finished. 66hrs 55mins and joint…
When, a couple of months ago, a friend of mine who lives in Denmark suggested we meet in Sweden to run an ultra marathon along a famous Swedish cross country skiing route, I could barely contain my excitement. Thankfully, there…
Over the previous weekend I embarked on a 24-hour endurance relay as part of a team of eight. With captaincy provided by Alan Pollock, could Hyde and Sleek take the intra-club crown? Friday morning rolled around and it was time…
You’d think it would be difficult to distil an entire weekend into a few words for a blog post, but in this case, I can summarise it in just three: Type 2 fun For those who don’t know, there are…
This blog is dedicated to Claire, Tinners, Jules, Jeffers, Bru, Luca, Debs, Bev, Chelle and the Lady Lund. If Carlsberg did support crews…you’d be it. Thank you for making it all so much fun. Yes, I went right to the very…
The Round Sheffield Run is a multi-stage trail-running race that, including the walking between stages, totals about 15 miles. The race is broken up into 11 stages, the longest of which is 2.9 km. Considering the longest I’ve run all…
When your friend sends you a message about a half marathon in Norway and suggests a weeks walking holiday around it, there’s really no other reaction than to reply with “hell yes!”. So that was that, plans were in place…
Opening the curtains to fog as low as my bedroom window on marathon day wasn’t the best start. I snuggled back under the covers for ‘5 more minutes’ whilst I checked the weather for Windermere from my dry, cosy bed.…
Today was a tough day for me, I decided to take on the Snowdonia half marathon (toughest half in the uk) without really doing any training, i know its sounds silly. Only managed a few 3 mile runs in the…
THIS IS MY JOURNEY OF THE PUNK PANTHER: A BRIDGE TOO FAR – ULTRA-MARATHON “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where…
Oh my goodness…where do I start?! I’ve been meaning to blog for the past few years! For a while (when I was co-presenting the parkrun show) I didn’t feel the need as I was chatting about my running every week…
30th April / 1st May 2017 The Milton Keynes Marathon weekend took place over the bank holiday in early May. There was a superhero fun run, a relay, a half marathon and a marathon on the Monday, and on…
During the week before I ran last October’s Abingdon marathon, I was lucky enough to get one of the HPH club places at the London marathon in April 2017. I promised to blog about the training and the build up…
So I’m new to this blogging lark but I thought I would give it a go. So what exactly is a duathlon I hear you say….. Well, a duathlon is where you squeeze a little bike ride in between 2…
Every year that has gone by my ambitions at this race have grown. In my first year I took on and completed my first sub three hour marathon – a two fifty-three. In my second I set off with the…
I’m signed up for the full 2017 Dale Trail Series Grand slam and having done the DT20 over the weekend with ‘SLAMMER’ written next to my number it feels good to be back competing in such an awesome series. These races…