by way of a quick update… Now the running is in full swing it is encouraging to see the numbers ticking by week 48 saw 48.23 miles run, including an almost 22 miler on Saturday morning This brought November’s total to 181 and the year to date up to 841. I might even make 1000+ […]
As a recent ‘convert’ to Strava I have to say how impressed I am with it. I wasn’t sure at first, I mean, I am a long time fan of TrailrunnerX, and have been using it to log runs since 2008, but a month or so in and I have to say I like it. […]
The weekend was a good mix of birthday celebrations and running. Bethan was 9 and got a new bike - here she is cruising the park. Not wishing to miss out, her sister spent the time perfecting her skating tricks Meanwhile the little boy had sneaked off to rescue a damsel in distress and stomp in […]
1.2 Million Children are trafficked every year 1,200,000 children that is simply WRONG 1,200,000 children bought, sold, exploited, abused, forced to work, hope destroyed, unable to run. unable to run And its not just about poor and developing countries, no, it is happening everywhere. And it has to END Sometimes people ask why I run. […]
My part of the world is not exactly flat, but it is not exactly hilly either. There are hills, and some are pretty steep, but nothing with more than a mile of ascent. Still, as I blogged last week, I have found a hill to run up that is a bit of a monster! 650f […]
Week 43, according to TrailrunnerX shows I have run 4 runs with a total distance of a little over 33 miles. This is up on weeks 39 – 42 although to be fair, they were really two taper weeks, my first ever half marathon, and a week of taking it easy!. I have mostly run […]
I have been mulling over the whole ultra marathon thing for a few years now. At least the last 10! However, I think the seeds were planted a long time before that. A love of mountains and moors, biking, mountain biking, cyclocross, a little fell running, plenty of fast moor adventures, and three years at […]
What a fun filled and action packed Sunday morning! Having dropped Bethan off at the schools challenge drop off point, I walked up to the start. I arrived at 8:20, and checked out the start set up, found the starting flag for a sub 1:45 finish and then pottered around loosening up and enjoying the […]
I have not performed a sports activity in front of a crowd since 1993 – around 20 years ago! I wrote a little about my history with bike in this past post, which might help set some context. Here’s an old picture of me blasting down the Pipeline at a qualifier for the UCI Grundig World […]