On Saturday we (Me and Sue and kids) travelled up to Straford upon Avon for me to run in the JW Ultra which runs from Stratford to Bournville Station in Birmingham. It looked like it was going to be a nice day for it with clear skies and we got up there early so SueContinue reading “JW Ultra”
Author Archives: Lindley Chambers
I’m in!
I have managed to get a confirmed place in Caesars Camp 100 miler at the end of October. This will be my third attempt at 100 miles and hopefully I will crack it this time. It is a lapped 10 mile course so I can run light and have support available at the start/ finishContinue reading “I’m in!”
More ramblings and a target.
As we draw towards the end of the month and what will be my lowest mileage month of the year with only about 100 miles bagged due to holidays with family and other commitments. I start my new position at work on monday and I am in my last shift of 4 days at workContinue reading “More ramblings and a target.”
Ramblings and Plans
I have been thinking about where I go with my plans for next year after my failure at Lakeland 100, I had intended to complete it his year and move on but now I am not sure if I need to go back again next year and put it to bed so to speak. My original planContinue reading “Ramblings and Plans”
Lakeland 100 2 – 0 Lindley
As you can tell from the title things did not work out as well as I had hoped. Friday morning the whole family had an early start and had a trouble free dive up to the start at Coniston and set up the tent. I went and registered for the race and a couple ofContinue reading “Lakeland 100 2 – 0 Lindley”
lakeland 100 – The Return
In 10 days time I will running into my first few hours at the Lakeland 100. I ran this race last year and it was my first ever DNF. I did 33miles in 12ish hours and pulled out of the race not because of injury or time cut offs but because I knew I couldContinue reading “lakeland 100 – The Return”
New Beginnings at Work
Recently I moved from Clacton fire station to Harlow fire station which has reduced my travel time and expense which has been good for time and finances.It has been interesting settling into a new Watch on station. Last month I noticed a job vacancy come up within the service in the community safety department asContinue reading “New Beginnings at Work”
Stortford 10 mile race.
Since running the GUCR (see previous blog) I had a week off running and since then I have taken it easy for a few weeks with only 25030 miles a week running with no really hard runs or long runs apart from pacing my Missus Sue to a 49:33 10k at a local league race.Continue reading “Stortford 10 mile race.”
Grand Union Canal Race 2011
People have told me I should blog but I am not very good at these so please feel free to switch off… …So where do I start? I have decided to start this blog page as a way of recording my efforts to become a decent ultrarunner. GUCR Is a 145miles non stop footrace fromContinue reading “Grand Union Canal Race 2011”