Category Archives: Running

At the time of writing this I am on a train to aldershot where I am meeting a friend and staying over at theirs before the start of the race. The race is an early start (6am) and Sue can not get the morning off work so I needed to stay somewhere the night before.Continue reading “SDW100 pre race ramblings”

Today I ran the Stortford 10 mile race. Its a local 10 mile mostly off road race that my club organises every year. Its a really well run event and the weather was cracking sunshine and its a pretty route mostly on footpaths and field boundarys with a few muddy and jilly bits through treeContinue reading “Stortford 10 Mile”

Short version: Went off too fast Felt sick for a while Got injured Walked a bit Got shiny medal. Longer version: (grab a chair and some supplies) For those that have not heard of it the Grand Union Canal Race is a non stop 145 mile race from central Birmingham to Little Venice in LondonContinue reading “GUCR – The Death March”

Just a  few quick thoughts in the compulsory pre race blog. Tomorrow at 6am I will be starting the GUCR race in Gas Street in Birmingham and running/walking/crawling all the way to Little Venice in London and have to be there by 11pm Sunday night. Its a flat towpath all the way with a fewContinue reading “GUCR pre race ramblings”

I am officially into my taper now for the GUCR on the 24th. I only have about 35-40 miles planned this week and only 2 runs next week on Tuesday and Wednesday before race day on Saturday. I have got so used to getting up in the morning early and getting out for 8ish miles thatContinue reading “Taper madness sets in.”

Today I ran the Halstead Marathon, I have done this race 3 years in a row and always as this time I have run it as a training run. Just as last year I was doing as the last run in a 100mile+ training week. My previous times were 3:44 and 3:42 I think andContinue reading “Halstead Marathon”

Its official as of today I am the 6th member of the TORQ Trail Running Team! I have actually known since last week and it may have almost not happened for me as I got an email from Simon one of the organisers for the team saying they had been trying to get a hold of meContinue reading “TORQ Trail Team 2013”

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”

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”

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.”