Sometimes you have a running ‘itch’ that you just have to scratch and for me that itch was to come in the form of a road marathon. The Seville Marathon to be specific. I had toyed with the idea of having a crack at my Marathon PB for some time but I had never been…
Running and Volunteering in 2018
It is that time of the year where we reflect on what has gone before and look towards the challenges that are yet to come. It is important to remember that things do not always go the way we plan them, there are inevitable ‘bumps in the road’ that make our journeys anything but comfortable….
Ultra-Marathons are no picnic!
A guest blog by Claire Adamson…….. After three years of supporting Ian doing ultra’s and watching him make them look easy I thought I’d give it ago, especially after being offered a free place in the 2018 Ultimate trails 55k after helping at an aid station in Glenridding last year whilst Ian was running. I…
Never Fear.. be a volunteer..
Last year I was running the North Downs Way 100 and having a really tough day at the office, but this year I had the privilege to both volunteer and be a pace runner for Mari Mauland. Its fair to say I had an absolute blast, and I certainly know which of the two weekend’s…
Sometimes the right decisions are the hardest ones – GUCR 2018
Ever since I started Ultra-running the GUCR 145 has been on my radar. Ray Willett who I worked with for a few years had completed it several times and always asked me if I would have a go. A group of us from work even cycled the route over a weekend in 2007, back when…
Crew with a View at the NDW50
After nothing short of a nightmare few weeks with regards to my own training, it should be no surprise that I have really lost my running mojo and am struggling to get it back, but when a good friend of mine was chatting to me about his upcoming effort at the North Downs Way 50…
Bedford takes on Brecon
What better thing to do on a sunny bank holiday weekend than take to the trails, and take to the trails I did alongside 30 or so other Bedford Harriers as we descended on the Brecon Beacons to take part in the Trail events challenge. With a variety of distances ranging from 10km to an…
SDW 50 – More questions than answers
It is hard to write a report when a race hasn’t gone as you had hoped and you are disappointed with the outcome. When you have trained hard and things don’t go well it leaves you with more questions than answers and that was unfortunately to be the story of this years South Downs Way…
There and back again!! 10 times.. A Flitch Way Tale.
It is safe to say that my build up hadn’t exactly been ideal to tackle the Flitch Way 100k race in Braintree. I had seriously overindulged over the festive season to the point where I had really lost my running mojo, and in the absence of any sort of motivation I was merely ticking off…
The Portsmouth Harbour Challenge 50km… There and Back again!
This race had caught my eye earlier in the year and I decided it would be a nice way to finish off my ultra-running for 2017 as it was on home turf so to speak (well round the corner from Mum and Dad’s anyway!!). Having set a new 50km PB at Kings Forest in November…
Testing the legs at Kings Forest 50km
I decided to sign up for this event on a whim after seeing it posted on facebook by one of my friends (Donna) who was attempting her first (official) ultra-marathon. I say official as she has completed a couple of White Star Running Trail Marathons and if you have ever taken part in a WSR event…
Spartathlon 2017
‘I’ve been hanging on for 26km…. I haven’t got another 34 in me’ I pleaded with Claire… ‘you don’t realise how horrible this is!’ she could see the turmoil that I was in but there was nothing she could do except try to encourage me to continue… ‘Walk if you have too but keep going.’…
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