Yesterday I travelled to Church Stretton for the Torq Trail Team Assessment Day. TorqFitness are a fitness consultancy with its main links to Mountain biking and Triathlon and they have elite teams in both areas. They also supply sports nutrition such as gels, bars and recovery drinks etc. Go to their website to see what theyContinue reading “TORQ Trail Team Day”
Author Archives: Lindley Chambers
Viking Way Ultra 2 – 0 Me
On Friday the 29th of March me and Sue travelled up late to Hull in preperation for my second run in the Viking Way Ultra a super tough 147 miles across Lincolnshire on Footpaths and trails. There are no official race markings but the route is a known walking route and has fairly good signage althoughContinue reading “Viking Way Ultra 2 – 0 Me”
Last minute ramblings.
Tonight I pick up Sue from work in an hour or so and we head up to Hull. Tomorrow I am running in the Viking Way Ultra a mega hard 147.8 miles across Lincolnshire starting at the foot of the Humber bridge and finishing at the Library in Oakham. The cut off’s are tight tooContinue reading “Last minute ramblings.”
St Peters Way Ultra Directors Race Report
On Sunday the 24th of February Challenge Running ran the first St Peters Way Ultra. The St Peters Way is a meandering 45 mile historic route through mid Essex and out to the East coast to the acient chapel on the wall dating back to 793AD. Which we had managed to get permission to use asContinue reading “St Peters Way Ultra Directors Race Report”
2013
Hi its been a while since I last blogged so I though I had better lay out my plans and targets for 2013 so you can all see if I achieve any of them. My main races for 2013 have all been entered and confirmed bar Spartathlon which at the time of writing this IContinue reading “2013”
Stort30 – The Directors Cut.
So on the 21st of October I ran my first race as a race director, the Stort30 so I thought I would do a blog about the race from the directors point of view. BackgroundI have been thinking of organising a few trail races of my own on routes I train on or think wouldContinue reading “Stort30 – The Directors Cut.”
Spartathlon – DNF but what a race!
A lesson Learned the hard way. On Wednesday the 26th of September myself and sue(my fiance)flew out to Athens in Greece so that I could run in the Spartathlon. The Spartathlon is a historic run celebrating the efforts of Phidippides the Greek messenger who 2501 years ago ran from Athens to Sparta to ask theContinue reading “Spartathlon – DNF but what a race!”
The time is upon me
Tomorrow I fly out to Greece to take part in the Spartathlon in its 30th year. I have been dreaming of this race for years now ever since Speaking to people like James Adams and I have slowly built up to a level where I think I can give it a realistic go. The raceContinue reading “The time is upon me”
Round Norfolk Relay
At the weekend it was the Round Norfolk relay a 197 mile relay race around ……..well Norfolk! Last year myself and Sue marshalled the CP at Feltwell but this year Sue volunteered us to run a stage each, I was given stage 12 which is 19.67miles over undulating roads between Scole and Thetford. We gotContinue reading “Round Norfolk Relay”
New things and race prep
Hi, I have been very busy lately with my time taken up by various things. I have been running as much as I can find time and motivation for around my normal work and home life. Most of my spare time has been taken up with starting my own small company called Challenge Running toContinue reading “New things and race prep”