2020 hasn’t been the best of years, for obvious reasons, but for me it was a turning point in getting back on track with my running after a series of ups and downs between 2018 and 2020. I experienced a…
2020 hasn’t been the best of years, for obvious reasons, but for me it was a turning point in getting back on track with my running after a series of ups and downs between 2018 and 2020. I experienced a…
In early December a challenge appeared on my radar called The Longest Night and I instantly signed up. I had heard of the other challenge that was held back in June called The Longest Day where runners would head out…
Inspired by a recent book that I read called The Running Book by John Connell who ran a marathon through County Longford in Ireland. Whilst I don’t have the writing skills of an award-winning author, I thought it would be…
In early October I ran a 21 mile run as part of my training plan. Apart from an incident involving a leaking colostomy bag, the run went very well finishing in 2:51 (2:55 including the poop stop). I didn’t fuel…
Running with a colostomy bag has been so much better than running during a Crohn’s flare up and running after performing a colostomy irrigation has been every better, but there are risks.
Back in October 2016 during my first year of running I ran my first and only half marathon (either road or trail) and finished in a time of 1:36:51. Since then I haven’t run quicker than that. Most times I…
I’m currently following a training plan with RunItYourWay.com and this week’s long run was an 18-miler. When it comes to long runs I like to seek out interesting routes or catch a train to a town and then run to…
After the success of the recent run between Tewkesbury and Gloucester I decided to attempt another longer run. Rather than driving to a destination and running a circular route I decided on another linear route finishing with a beer or…
Glevum Way With an urge to complete a long distance run I headed to the LDWA website for any long, preferably circular routes in Wales and the south West and ideally one that I could get to so that I…
The Rat Race Ultra Tour of Edinburgh is a 55km bimble around Edinburgh takes in some famous and not so famous sights, a variety of terrain and a truly memorable finish. Dawn breaks and in the crisp autumn air of…
The Himalaya AllDayer first appeared on my radar when an event popped up on my Facebook feed a month or two ago. The event was in aid of Ty Hafan and would involve scaling Machen Mountain 28-ish times which would…
In the weeks leading up to The Beer Ultra people would always give you a funny look when you would say that you are running a 50K ultra AND drinking beer at the same time. I don’t blame them. It’s…
A DNF is a tough pill to swallow. We’re probably all going to experience it at some point for a variety of reasons but when you get your first DNF, how do you deal with it? Just 48 hours after…
Whilst volunteering during the St Illtyd’s Ultra, I heard from a fellow helper that the ‘Beast’ race was the week after. All I knew was there were a few steep hills involved and I didn’t give it another thought. On…