Hill Running

09 Jan 2018
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Realities: What Comes Down….

Sticky Post By On January 9, 2018 With No Comments
A new year and a new month. Happy 2018 everyone! It’s the second instalment of the (fell) running realities series. Those quirks of this niche that are undeniable and irrefutable. This month……hills. Don’t fear science….sometimes it’s right! What comes down…
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21 Dec 2017
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Racing: Styles, Secrets and Tips

Sticky Post By On December 21, 2017 With No Comments
Racing is a dark art. Fell racing the most noir. Arguably the cauldron of art and science. Monet, after all, did not mix his own paint. What does that mean? No-one knows. Mystery. Conjecture, from which all good debates must…
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18 Oct 2017
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Seal Cub Clubbing Club

Sticky Post By On October 18, 2017 With 2 Comments
Who's who......fellrunners are a stylish lot.
What’s with all these clubs huh?! What even is a club?? Fell-running’s got its fair share right? What are they? Where are they? And are they any good? Who’s the best? Who’s the worst? Who even cares?!………….me. I do. So,…
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15 Oct 2017
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Time to Train

Sticky Post By On October 15, 2017 With No Comments
To those of you who whinge and moan about not having anywhere to train or no time to train I say NAY. Nay to your attitude. You suck. Boo to you. Allow me to hold myself up as the antidote…
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20 Aug 2017
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Summer: Twenty-seventeen

Sticky Post By On August 20, 2017 With No Comments
Aside from a couple of anomalies my fell season has been just shy of 10 days long. Frustrating? Yes. Surprising? Not so much. Injury and ‘life’ have both got in the way. Mainly the ‘life’ side of things. I had…
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18 Jul 2017
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‘Ard

Sticky Post By On July 18, 2017 With No Comments
Well that was shit. Had a meeting, no coffee, with the Man with the Hammer. Disaster – noun – a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship…. Sums up my day fairly…
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16 May 2017
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UPDATE: Racing Calender 2017

Sticky Post By On May 16, 2017 With No Comments
So, life happens. My mega, awesome racing schedule for this year has gone up in smoke due to my shite job. Adapt (to their fuck about) and overcome (their bullying whims) as my work is wont to say. As such…
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07 May 2017
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Mountain Fuel

Sticky Post By On May 7, 2017 With No Comments
I’m almost 100% sure that if you’ve found yourself reading this then you’ll have, in the same measure, heard of Mountain Fuel. If not…where have you been?!? They have taken the ultra/endurance/mountain (clue’s in the name, dumbo) community by storm…
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07 Apr 2017
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Plaudits for artistic merit…..

Sticky Post By On April 7, 2017 With 2 Comments
Money for old rope this. It’s been a subject that’s raised it’s schward a few times in the past and, well, it’s raised it again. I’m talking, of course, about aesthetics….. aesthetic or esthetic [es-thet-ik or, esp. British, ees-] Synonyms…
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17 Feb 2017
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Racing Calendar 2017

Sticky Post By On February 17, 2017 With No Comments
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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