Warning: This write up is going to be long! For my pre-race thoughts on this run, please check out this page. The Pen Llyn Ultra – what a race. I’d alternated between supreme confidence and the knowledge of my certain failure in the run up to this race. I’d done well in the Apocalypse 50,…
Following on from completing the Pen Llyn Ultra, I realised that I was only a few points away from qualifying for one of the races that form part of the UTMB series – either the CCC with 101 km of across and 6.1 km of up and down, or the TDS with 119 km of…
Imagine a race with a start line, but no finish line. You simply had to run as far as possible, measured as the crow flies, away from the start in Meriden. GPS tracking is keeping an eye on how you are doing, all you have to do to win is to complete a certain distance…
Sorry for the tardy update. I fully intended to write these up as separate weeks, but somehow time keeps on slipping by while I’ve been busy doing other things. Week nine turned into awesome week, whereas week ten mostly consisted of me procrastinating. Week nine was more than a little bit hectic. The early part…
I’m going to be attempting to run 1000 kilometres in 2016. You’d be forgiven for thinking that I am a keen runner, the thing is I don’t even like running. I mostly do it because my boxing coach always used to shout at me if I didn’t. I don’t like being shouted at either. I…
The Cambridge Boundary Run is a marathon (~26.2 miles) race that will take me around the boundaries of Cambridge. The course traverses roads, footpaths and trails, with about 30% of the race being off road. The race is organised by the Cambridge University Hare & Hounds, the university cross-country running club. Apparently it is not…