I visit Cumbria a few times a year and whilst there I have to explore the area whether it be driving, walking of running. I had planned a few different runs using the OS Maps app so that I could…
I visit Cumbria a few times a year and whilst there I have to explore the area whether it be driving, walking of running. I had planned a few different runs using the OS Maps app so that I could…
Arranged before Christmas, the ‘run up the Domen’ (which I now know is the large hill (mountain?) between the Tredegar and Ebbw Fawr valleys) was set to be a well-attended club bimble. The plan was to run around 7-9 miles…
A relatively new race, this is only the second year that the Cottrell Park Christmas Cracker 10K has been run. There is also a spring version of the race which uses the same route. It was going to be the…
The Christmas Tree Race is an annual 5-ish miles race organised by the Forest of Dean Athletic Club (FODAC) in the village of Ellwood in the far south west of Forest of Dean. Two Races in Two Days? No problem!…
People choose to run for many reasons: fitness, the challenge, fun, to win. I share many of those reasons but an additional one for me is the opportunity to take photographs. I have owned a DSLR for around 10 years with…
With Winter meteorologically here and astronomically just around the corner, I’m trying to fit in as many scenic runs before it becomes a little more difficult to run in the hills. Having only started at the end of February I…
A Little History Prior to 2015 I was overweight and extremely unfit and would pretty much work up a sweat just walking around. Without much thought I decided to by a bike shortly after Christmas 2014 and within a short…
The Severn Bridge 5 Night Race was the first time time this race has been run and is part of the series of night races organised by Rogue Runs. I decided in the afternoon of the race that I would…
As part of training from the Gower ultra, I completed a section of the Wales Coast Path between Llantwit Major and Cardiff. The path is well used and maintained and is very easy to navigate without a map. Keen to…
Oh cross country, why do you put me in such a predicament? It appears I’ve got a bit of a love/hate relationship going on with cross country and were you to ask me what I thought of XC during a…