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
Toronto Waterfront Marathon, I did it! The marathon I didn’t think I’d be fit enough to start, I started AND I finished. I could stop there, I don’t know if there’s a story in this race or not. There should have been the most amazing story had the best laid plans not gone AWOL but life … Continue reading Toronto Waterfront Marathon
I sit here just a few days away from Toronto Waterfront Marathon with mixed feelings about the race. Feelings of excitement but also feelings of disappointment. Excited to run a marathon in a city I love, disappointed that I’m not going to be able to run the race I originally wanted. This was going to … Continue reading Toronto Waterfront Marathon, T-4 days
The one that taught me just how strong I can be when I put my mind to it & believe in myself. The Serpent Trail is a 64 mile long path that runs through heathland, greensand & woodland from Haslemere to Petersfield & quite possibly is the most beautiful trail I have ever had the privilege … Continue reading The Serpent Trail 100km, Beautiful & Brutal
I *totally* get the irony of calling a 50km race a training run, but that is exactly what the XNRG Humanity Direct Ultra was. On the 10th March, four weeks before the SDW50, I lined up on the start line ready for my longest ‘training’ run & what would hopefully become my second longest run … Continue reading The XNRG Humanity Direct Ultra, aka the 50km training run
51 miles, 11:21:02, 13:21 min/mile, 5,600 ft elevation gain Nine months after I entered on a bit of a whim, six months after I started training & we are finally here. Race Day. I am nervous, so nervous. I have butterflies in my tummy. I am scared. I repeat to myself a phrase a friend … Continue reading NDW50 Wk 26: The North Downs Way 50, 13th May 2017
Brand shiny new marathon PB! 26.2 miles, 3:53:55, 8:55 min/mile, 561ft elevation gain This was my fourth time running Brighton Marathon. My fastest time being 4 hours & NINE seconds at my first attempt in 2013. Me & Brighton had serious issues. I was desperate to go sub-4hr but it had beaten me on three previous … Continue reading NDW50 Wk 21: Brighton Marathon (wc 03.04.17)
So this was, if you like, my first NDW training race. Oh. What have I let myself in for… Three Molehills, aka ‘three massive hills’. It’s a race with a difference. Teams of three compete over the three hills in the Mole Valley: Box Hill, Norbury Park & Ranmore, starting & finishing at Denbies vineyard. … Continue reading NDW50 Wk2: Three Molehills AKA Three MAHOOSIVE Hills… (wc 20.11.16)
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