Dragon’s Back Race 2024 “The World’s Toughest Mountain Race” 380km down the spine of Wales with 16,400m of elevation (twice Everest!) When I entered Dragon’s Back, I didn’t really know what I’d let myself in for! It gradually dawned on me through the year that this was well beyond anything I’d done before. Day 1 in particular was a biggy …
Spartathlon 2023! – Chris Maxwell
The Why (one of the most common questions!) Having read the ultra running books that Michelle had left carelessly around, I realised a few things about my ‘first love’ of running. Humans were designed to run long distances to hunt our prey before we got ‘clever’/lazy (“Born to Run” by Christopher McDoughall). In Ancient times, runners were highly regarded as …
My 4 year journey to the Bob Graham Round
Blog written by Toby StainesToby takes over our blog to talk about his journey to the sub 24 hour Bob Graham Round The Bob Graham Round is a fell running challenge in the Lake District. It is a 66 mile loop of the highest peaks in England with 27500ft of elevation to be completed in under 24 hours in order …
When an Ironman met Coronavirus…
While my recent (presumed) encounter with COVID19 may not be particularly unusual or dramatic (thankfully), I thought my experiences and thoughts may be of some use to fellow athletes. I would also say it fully reinforces what most coaches have been advising through this crisis. I fully understand the endurance community being so concerned with training restrictions, when we’ll be …
What am I training for?
The coronavirus or Covid-19 is causing havoc across the world and its presence is being felt here in the UK, with the cancellation of most sporting events and now all our social training groups. I’ve seen many comments on social media: ‘I’m not actually sure what I’m training for’, ‘running for therapy’ ‘running for life’, ‘running for love’. It is exactly this! If nothing else this situation will remind us of why we train and run. It’ll take us back to the reason we first started on our journeys and quite possibly rekindle the love affair.
SDW100 – Definitely a very long way!
Ok so nearly 48 hours since I finished and finally starting to feel ok-ish. Two days of ???? but it was definitely all worth it. This is a big post be warned ? The South Downs Way ?- my first 100 mile ultra. It’s been a long time coming, exactly 5 years since my first ultra the Classic Quarter, and …
Mental Strength or Just Mental – Autumn 100
Our amazing Mark Barnett recalls his epic day out at the Centurion Autumn 100 Words Mark Barnett —————————————————————————————————————————– The Centurion Running Autumn 100 is a 4 Spur race, 4 out and backs of 25 miles each. 2 spurs on the Ridgeway and 2 on the Thames Path, starting and finishing at Goring on Thames. I awoke on the morning of …
South Downs Way 100 2018 – So hard and yet so rewarding!
Words by our lovely athlete Victoria Henderson Are you insane? This is the response I got when people found out I was planning to run the South Downs Way 100. To be honest, if they’d asked me again 40 miles in, I would have said yes! …And yet I did it. I kept going, and I got to the finish …
UTMB CCC 2018 – Part Two – The journey into the unknown!
The bit you’ve all been waiting for, the gory details of the race itself, but first let’s look at the kit list. The CCC (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix) is one of 7 races in the week-long trail running extravaganza based in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the French Rhone Alps. It is the only race, apart the UTMB itself that travels through 3 countries, over 5 …
UTMB CCC 2018 – Part One – The build up!
After my first ultra in June 2014, the Classic Quarter on the Cornish coast path, I looked up what the UTMB points were that I’d gained after the race. I was captivated by the enormity of this week-long series of races circulating the Mont Blanc massive in various clockwise and anti-clockwise routes. It seemed way beyond my reach so I …
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