I’ve been pondering over this blog for days, weeks, not really knowing what words to write. Mainly because I’m a typically reserved Brit who doesn’t like to shout about their own successes. But there really is no other way of writing about this race. Because you know what, I did good on the South Downs … Continue reading South Downs Way 100 2021: The one where I prove I can
How do you condense the story of 100 miles into just a few hundred words? You don’t. Mix a G&T, this is a long one. A few weeks later & I’m still not sure if I have the right words to accurately tell my SDW100 story. I sit here, trying to think of the words … Continue reading The South Downs Way 100
It’s Sunday night. I'm heading into race week. “Race? What race?" I’ve not shouted about this one, I’ve not talked about it publicly, I’ve not mentioned it in my training runs on Strava or in my Insta posts. When asked ‘what next?’ after SDW50 I’ve been rather evasive. But everything I have done over the … Continue reading The Secret One
With 5 miles to go I thought I’d blown it. I had a goal time in my mind for the South Downs Way 50 but at the bottom of the final hill I just couldn’t see how I was going to do it. I was tired, my knees were in agony, my stomach was churning … Continue reading South Downs Way 50: 2019
I started writing this post on Saturday evening, lying in bed drinking pink gin in a tin & eating crisps (don’t judge, I had just run 50 miles…!). Those words were very different to the words I write here. Sometimes a few days of reflection are needed to rationalise thoughts, feelings & emotions. I write … Continue reading Run well, run swiftly but remember to take in the view, The South Downs Way 50
I sit here one week before the South Downs Way 50 & have I blogged about it over the past 17 weeks…? Nope! Ah well… So with one week to go how am I feeling?I almost don’t know how to write this. I don’t want to tempt fate & I don’t want to sing my … Continue reading SDW50: T-1 week (31.03.18)
It’s twelve months since I first started writing this blog, nearly six months since the NDW50 & I’m about to embark on training my next challenge. NDW50’s sister race, the SDW50. I’ve had a great summer of running, but it’s been just that, running. I never wanted to be writing about every mile I covered, … Continue reading Summer 2017
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