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…
I swore after running a 50 mile race that I would never run another 50-mile race ever again. Instead, having enjoyed and broken myself immensely a couple of times last year with my stupid running challenges, I thought to myself, why not do this again. Clearly there is something wrong with me. I don’t know…
I just completed a 50 mile ultramarathon; that was awesome! I completed it in 12:20:39, which is apparently pretty good for my first ultramarathon. Right now I’m feeling pretty darn happy about it. But I couldn’t have done the run without everyone else’s help, so I’m thanking everyone first. First of all I have to…
Progress is once again being made. I’ve been running again, this time I was very much Alone in the Dark. I found it quite strange running alongside the river in the dark, with the trees and hedgerows on the other side of me. I’m not the most fearful person in the world, but I have…
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…
It’s been another interesting week in the life of Phill. Well, it’s been interesting for me anyway. Monday was great. The Corner House confirmed a booking for a gig on the 23rd March. Some really fantastic people confirmed that they would be playing the gig, so out of nowhere I went from having nothing really…
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, my knee was always going to give out on me at some point. I had hoped it would wait until after I had completed my crazy running challenges, but no such luck. On the bright side, I’ve only minorly buggered it. I reckon I’ll be able…
This page contains all my updates prior to the run. For a write up on the run itself, please check out My First Ultramarathon post. — I’ve already committed myself to doing several stupid running challenges, like the Boundary Run marathon and the March March march to help raise some money for charity. Somehow I’ve…