Category Archives: Running

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”

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”

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!”

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”

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”

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”

On Sunday the 22nd I took part in the Kent 50 mile Challenge which is really a double Marathon (52.4miles) around a 8 x 6.55 mile course in Kent near Canterbury. This race is one of my favourites as it was my first 50 miler and only my second ultra when I first did it back inContinue reading “Kent 50 Mile Challenge”

On Sunday 15th I took part in the Fairlands Valley Challenge 50k as a way of doing a long run but making it a bit more interesting than just running on my own on the roads or local trails. Its a 50 k route on bridleways and footpaths around the Stevenage area in Hertfordshire andContinue reading “Fairlands Valley Challenge 50k”

Operation Spartathlon Fit. As most of you know I have entered and will be running in the 30th annual Spartathlon the weekend of the 29th/30th of September. This is a race that I have ben dreaming of since I first heard of it a couple of years ago, I think on James Adams Blog and haveContinue reading “Operation Spartathlon Fit”

A short race so a short blog… Today was the Stortford 10 mile multi terrain race. Me, Sue, Laura and Becky went to our clubs annual 10 mile event staged at the local Bishop Stortford Rugby Club grounds. After meeting fellow members and chatting for a bit we got ready for the start, I wasContinue reading “Stortford 10 mile”