Tag Archives: run

Hitting ‘the Wall’

Posted on July 18, 2012 by admin

This year saw the inaugural running  of  ’The Wall”, a 24 hour, 69 mile race from Carlisle to the Millenium Bridge. Billed by organiser Urban Rat as “the UK’s most scenic ultra” it was always going to be a tempting race, even with the … Continue reading →

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Racking up my first fifty

Posted on February 6, 2011 by admin

The plan was simple run as many laps of a 10 mile circuit as I could… furthest I’d ran up until this point was 32 miles…but with a the right playlist and a good supply of jelly babies could i make it 50. Continue reading →

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Kielder lakeside way

Posted on September 19, 2010 by admin

The Kielder Lakeside Way is a full Marathon length track around Kielder Reservoir in Northumberland. When it opened over a year ago I took a run around the first section of the course and I have to say I was … Continue reading →

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I think I killed my Asics

Posted on September 17, 2010 by admin

When I started to think about running the Himalayan 100 back in around April i had just bought a pair of Asics 3010 gels. I paid a little more for the 3010′s, as I knew I would be putting in … Continue reading →

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Running faster!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by admin

Before signing up to the Himalayan 100, I had always ran, but it was mainly the odd Sunday morning run or a day out in the Lakes, and i’d never really been one for training or club running as such. … Continue reading →

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Fundraising gets a boost from Boots

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

We got some great news today from Lucinda’s work. Boots are going to match any donations we get for Macmillan up to £500. Macmillan Cancer Support one of the two charities than we are supporting and are also one Boots … Continue reading →

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Now open for business

Posted on August 13, 2010 by admin

I hope that you are enjoying the new look running pages. I’ve finally got around to drawing together the hi-lights of the dailymile, the just giving site, and fetch blog, and rewrote some of the old posts and notes i’ve … Continue reading →

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Back to borrowdale

Posted on August 12, 2010 by admin

I successfully completed my first full Borrowdale fell race this weekend. I’ve ran Borrowdale twice before, but never completed to entire course, So this was quite an achievement. The first time i tried getting around Borrowdale, was just after taking … Continue reading →

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What’s it all for?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin

I guess that some of you may be wondering why on Earth, I would want to travel 1/2 way around the world to spend 5 days slogging my way up some of the toughest hills on the planet. The answer … Continue reading →

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Injured again

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

I’m very quickly stating to learning that with additional strength, comes additional risk. Before I started taking my training a bit more seriously i would just go out and run, without so much as a second thought. Yes i’d be … Continue reading →

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