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Bucket List

Posted on April 18, 2014 by admin

Chevy chase Ann waltz Coledale Horseshoe Hardmoors 26.2 series, 26.2m, 17th feb Hardmoors 26.2 Osmotherley Trail Marathon Hardmoors 55, 55m, 23rd March, https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=850 Allendale Challenge, 25m, 6th April, https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=891 Scarfell Marathon Thanks to Lawrence Johnson and Phill Turton for suggestions.

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Trail Running Magazine’s Team 2014

Posted on March 30, 2014 by admin

One of the reason’s that I got involved in the British Trail Running podcast and the Strava Ambassador programme is that I believe in grass routes running. I find it just as inspiring to watch someone that’s new to running … Continue reading →

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Readers Letters

Posted on January 30, 2014 by admin

There are a number of reason’s for my creating this blog, initially I wanted to see how the downloadable version of WordPress compared with the hosted version. In my day job, as an IT manager i’m occasionally asked for recommendations … Continue reading →

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Trailing into work

Posted on November 30, 2013 by admin

Living in the UK we are spoilt for places to run on trails, whether its around our beautiful coastline, the amazing national parks of the Lake or peak district, the pennines or snowdonia or any of many long distance paths … Continue reading →

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Ultra Popular

Posted on September 25, 2013 by admin

We all know how difficult getting a place in an event like the Great North Run or the London Marathon can be. These days even local races like North East’s Blaydon Race or the coastal run are filling up within … Continue reading →

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Parkrunning

Posted on September 15, 2013 by admin

Having completed the big ultras I’d signed up for this year, my training is starting to trail off a bit so I thought it would be a good time to revisit park running and see how my 5k time was … Continue reading →

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Montane Lakeland 100 – 10 lessons learned!

Posted on August 12, 2013 by admin

Two years after my first attempted at the awesome Lakeland 100 – Ultra tour of the Lake district, I finally made it around the full 105 miles to collect my finishers medal. Continue reading →

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Planning to run a hundred miler?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by admin

In 2011 I got a DNF in the Lakeland 100, two years on and I was ready to start planning to have for another go at it. Over the next 30 weeks I would clock up 1200 miles of training, totally destroy at least 1 pair of trainers in the process and complete not one but two 100 mile ultra’s inside of a month. Continue reading →

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Reflecting on a year’s running

Posted on January 4, 2011 by admin

Looking back on 2010, its been a very mixed year, I’ve ran faster, further and higher than ever before, but I’ve also ran fewer races and suffered more injuries than in previous years. The highpoint of the year of course had … Continue reading →

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Living in the land of snow

Posted on December 5, 2010 by admin

In a stunning start to winter, it started snowing a week ago – last wednesday, and its been snowing on and off ever since. So for the past week and a half we’ve have been living in a land of … Continue reading →

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