Ok so just a super quick heads-up on what I’ve got myself signed up for this coming year (injury/money/life permitting)…..
Coledale Horseshoe – April
Lairig Ghru – June
Welsh 1000m – June
Gross Glockner Berglauf (Austria) – July
Dolomites VK…
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England
Seasons: Autumn into Winter
Things went quiet after the Bobby G. I’d torn my shin muscle at some point on the first ‘leg’ and the continued running over the subsequent four ‘legs’ made for a fairly long period of rehabilitation. I managed to get…
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The Bob Graham Round: The Sum Of Your Parts…..Part Two
So to the crux of the matter I suppose. Everything was in place and good to go. Had a last minute drop-out from a pacer on Leg 2 but I wasn’t mega phased as Ben is pretty handy at this…
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The Bob Graham Round: The Sum Of Your Parts…..Part One
On Saturday 23rd July at 1am I set off on a series of 5 short runs around the Lakes that I linked together into what is known as the ‘Bob Graham Round’…….BGR for short – you may have already read…
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide – The British Championships 2015
All you will ever need to know about the British Fell Championship lies amongst these words and thoughts spread, like ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter’, below. So relax. Relax and be amazed by the pure depth of knowledge; the…
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If you’re ever in Oxford……..
An old friend of mine (we got history) has been travelling the globe for the past few years. She writes. She travels. She ‘travel-writes’. Recently her travelling has taken her back to sunny ol’England and our fair isles in general.…
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 2 – The Bob Graham Round
I was reminded today, whilst Instagram stalking a certain Mr. Rickey Gates, an American man – or ‘Ameriman’ if you will – of the Bob Graham Round (BGR in hip parlance) and, more specifically, Billy Bland’s frankly ridiculous record.
I…
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 1 – Langdale Horseshoe
The first in a new series of posts where I look at various races around the fell running calendar, make up spurious and illogical data, which I then present as historical fact, in order to support outlandish conclusions and finally…
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May…..and everything in between
May has been an interesting and busy month. The end. Thanks for reading………………..HAHAHAHA but seriously. I need to get my diary out to remember what’s happened! Kicked off proceedings with a trip down to the Lakes for the second English…
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March…and most of April
Soooooooo I’ve got a pretty full racing calender this coming year. I’ve been made to live in Arbroath for a few years with the job. It’s actually really good. The east coast is a nice place and there’s plenty on…
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