The B&B didn’t serve breakfast until 8am, so I didn’t get moving out of Ullapool until after 9am. Powered by cereal, toast and fried breakfast, and with good weather above my head, I yomped along. Today was going to provide relatively little elevation change, and with good path I was confident that I could make…
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…
Cape Wrath Trail – Part 1: Introduction Cape Wrath Trail: Day 1 – Glenfinnan to Sourlies Bothy Cape Wrath Trail: Day 2 – Sourlies Bothy to Kinloch Hourn Cape Wrath Trail: Day 3 – Kinloch Hourn to Maol-bhuidhe Cape Wrath Trail: Day 4 – Maol-bhuidhe to Beinn Eighe Cape Wrath Trail: Day 5 – Beinn…
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…
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…
I don’t really feel that I have made a lot of progress towards raising £10,000 this week. I suppose part of that is down to it being the first week back at work after Christmas. I don’t feel as though I’ve done enough at work either. I more feel like I’ve got a head filled…