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Lakeland 100 and 50 - Trot or Trial?
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I once heard a yachtsman say that ocean racing was like standing under a
cold shower for hours on end tearing up ten pound notes, but he somehow
couldn't g...
22 hours ago
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Good tarps and bad tarps
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Tarps on boats typically cause as many problems as they solve. They
obstruct access, rattle in the wind, risk rubbing the boat if in contact
with (or lashe...
2 days ago
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CLYDE STRIDE RELAY - DEVIL O THE HIGHLANDS - VETS 10K
Being only a few weeks after the West Highland Way Race and me making a
balls...
2 days ago
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TDS training in Chamonix
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Having arrived in Chamonix two and a half weeks before the start of the
TDS, I have had enough time to get in a couple of training sessions where I
could g...
3 days ago
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Omnibus edition.
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How in the hell did it get to be Wednesday and no blogs for a whole week?
I'm going to have to be selective and take you on a journey of highlights
of the ...
4 days ago
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CMD Arrete before work
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I've had a few good days in the mountains recently.
Last week I had a day off but was on call during the evening. I spent most
of the day getting to work t...
4 days ago
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Weekend in London to watch World Championship Athletics
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Quick update on my ankle injury … it is definitely getting better but I’m
still not able to run. I’ve been on my bike and also Tim’s Elliptigo which
is gre...
5 days ago
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Edinburgh Spartan Race | Spartan Beast Race Report
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Edinburgh Spartan Race 2017 Spartan Beast – 15 miles 5 hours 40 minutes 25
seconds ‘Open’ Category 346th of 869 51st of 196 Females 14th of in 38 in
Age ...
1 week ago
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Peak Skyline
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Peak Skyline 6th August 2017. 1st lady, 5hrs 11 mins
I've been on the start line three times for Peak Sky Race, now called Peak
Skyline. The first two tim...
1 week ago
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Back to the day blog
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Well at time of writing my first vlog still hasn't reached the 500k views I
was anticipating so thought it was best to give it a back seat and go back
to b...
2 weeks ago
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West Highland Way Race 2017 (support)
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I've known Wilson for a while, not drinking buddies as such, or running
buddies for that matter, we never quite managed to meet up and run despite
living c...
2 weeks ago
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West Highland Way Race 2017, Joe Goldie’s Race Report: Keeping Calm in the Storm
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I helped put kids to bed it was 8pm. The race was due to start in 5 hours.
I was still riddled with doubt. I had ran this iconic race the year before
yet w...
3 weeks ago
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Western States 100 - Volunteer report 2017
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*Note: there are lots of photos here, as always you can click on them to
expand. I struggled to narrow them down from the many I took! Are you
ready....? G...
3 weeks ago
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The Peculiar World of 24 Hour Running + top ten tips
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It’s a ridiculous concept, yet to some it’s intriguing and challenging. On
paper, it’s simple. See how far you can run in 24-hours. Super slow
running...
5 weeks ago
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Lucky 13 - West Highland Way Race 2017
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Training for this year went very well, using a few “wee” ultras for my long
runs and even a PB at the Fling, now for someone that isn’t motivated by
time, ...
5 weeks ago
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Quechua Quickhiker Ultralight 3 person tent
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So, I’ve been working away for the past 18 months and the poor blog has
been set to one side. There has been a lot of saving and planning going on
as Dei...
5 weeks ago
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And then there were two? Magnesium, cortisol, insomnia, and athletes
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I have been having trouble sleeping. I first had insomnia for 18 days in
April. It was the worst experience of my life with any kind of illness;
the ment...
5 weeks ago
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The Great Glen Ultra Marathon – RACE REPORT
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THE GREAT GLEN ULTRA MARATHON 2017 TIME: 13 Hours 18 Minutes and 55 Seconds
Overall position: 11th/63 finishers (13 DNF) 2nd/17 females The Great Glen
ha...
5 weeks ago
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West Highland Way Race - Support Running
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* We were a last minute support crew. A ‘caught-up-in-emotion’ during
Rock DJ at a Robbie William’s concert kind of support crew. Some p...
5 weeks ago
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Stirling marathon report
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I’ve bored myself writing this race report but finally finished it: Monday
1st May I did my last long run before the marathon, 20 miles. It was
horrific an...
1 month ago
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Disappointment is the most powerful of motivators
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It’s nearly a week since the IAU 24 Hour World Championships. I am over it,
honest. I really am. Wednesday morning striding (with a Billy Connolly
narrated...
1 month ago
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West Highland Way Race Splits
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Follows are a series of split tables and graphs for a range of West
Highland Way Race finishing times, these are meant for runners and crews of
the race. ...
2 months ago
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SDW100
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This could be a long blog, but 100 miles is a long way.
I've always had a pull to this race for various reasons. I've heard many
great plaudits about Cent...
2 months ago
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Withdrawal from 3100
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It is with deep regret that I have had to make an ‘eleventh hour’ decision
to withdraw from the 3100 race in New York due to my wife Elizabeth’s
medical co...
2 months ago
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Recovery
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It is more or less 4 weeks since I ran the Madeira Island Ultra Trail which
took me the best part of 30 hours. I still have a little numbness in my
toes an...
2 months ago
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Over The Sea To Skye
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No ‘speed bonny boat’, nor was there a ‘bird on the wing’. There was,
however, an ‘over the sea to Skye’. We just took the far handier bridge!
Our first tr...
3 months ago
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There is No Map in Hell - Blog Tour - Guest Blog From Steve Birkinshaw
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If you are anything like me, you tend to spend part of most weekends either
running or *dot-watching* on a computer screen (following someone else who
is r...
3 months ago
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Flingtastic - Pieces of Eight
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The first race to go in the diary each year for me has to be the Highland
Fling. The "Carlsberg" of races, it's as good as it gets (maybe except for
the w...
3 months ago
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Secret Weapons
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Approaching Rowardennan (Photo by Alan Robertson)Saturday was my 5th year
of participating in the 53 mile ultra The Highland Fling (Ding Ding), and
the wa...
3 months ago
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What the non-runner did next....
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We all know how it goes. You do a first race at a distance, or achieve a
PB, or some specific target, like that fabled sub-3 marathon. And the first
thing ...
5 months ago
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Malta marathon 2017
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From a running point of view I’ve had a pretty cruddy 6 months, back in
August I wrenched my back and like most good distance runners decided that
ignoring...
5 months ago
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MarchingOn
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In October 2016, probably around the time of my last post I decided I
needed to tack back control and stop the tailspin I had allowed myself to
fall into.
...
5 months ago
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Delayed Success
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Disappointment
Like old pain
Is soon forgotten
When memories remain
Of times spent in the open
Of long lonely miles
Or better still
In the comfort of ot...
7 months ago
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My Winter West Highland Way
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I learnt a few important things during the West Highland Way run this
weekend which I won't forget soon. These may make more sense after reading
what unfol...
8 months ago
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Same Shit.....just a different day.
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2016 turned into a lousy running year with very few positive running
stories to remember. I felt I was just turning up and running on automatic
at most eve...
8 months ago
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Finding Gobi – 3 Book Deal!
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Aaaaaaaaand the good news continues to come with our pals Gobi, Dion and
Lucja! 😀 It has certainly been a journey of sorts for this family and it
continue...
10 months ago
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Camino de Santiago - an 800 kilometre journey of reflection and discovery
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IntroductionThe blog below is a collection of my sketches completed at the
end of every second day walking the Camino de Santiago, otherwise known as
the W...
10 months ago
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Raising Lazarus at the River Ayr Way
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After a Gobi Desert type dry spell in the ultra marathon world; and after a
disappointing DNF in the West Highland Way, I thought I'd end this season
with ...
11 months ago
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BC Day Long Weekend!
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This past weekend was the BC Day Long Weekend. A lot was happening in
Vancouver with the finale of the Celebration of Light and many Pride events
including...
1 year ago
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Lavaredo Ultra Trail, 24th June 2016 (119km, 5,850m +/-)
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I'm not quite sure why it’s taken me 10 years to get round to running the
Lavaredo Ultra Trail (LUT) and I sure do regret that now. It’s a belter of
a ra...
1 year ago
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The Final (For Now) UltraStu Blog Post - The West Highland Way and the Lanzarote Ironman - Quite Different Experiences!
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Hi
*PART ONE - My Return to Ultra-Trail Racing - The West Highland Way 95 Mile
Ultra-Trail*
Back at the start of 2015 within my 2014 Review blogpost I dis...
1 year ago
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South Downs Way 100
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Not written a race report since my WHW triple crown last year. However I
felt my experience at the SDW100 was sufficiently epic to merit trying to
remember...
1 year ago
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My Western States 100 Journey
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With the race being my focus this year I thought it would be good to
capture some of the build-up in the form of moving pictures on the old
YouTuber. Let m...
1 year ago
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Viking Way Ultra the long way round
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Last weekend race was a little different than what I am used to. Why you
say, it was only the 53 miles Highland Fling, as race you have done 4 times
and on...
1 year ago
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New blog
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This will be my last post on this blog - please go to my new blog on the Run
Snowdonia website
I'll be slowly adding most of the posts on this blog to the ...
1 year ago
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Glasgow to Edinburgh Double Marathon (GEDM)
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It was shortly after my race in January, Country to Capital, 43 miles from
Wendover to London finishing at the end of the Grand Union Canal in
Paddington t...
1 year ago
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Ok folks, looks like I'm back on the blogging and training scene after 4
yrs of false starts etc. So here's the update as to what has been
happening over...
1 year ago
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A Trip to Narnia
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Life conspired against me when planning a 2016 running season and it worked
out that I can't do any races. At all. Now, when I don't race I tend to get
laz...
1 year ago
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So 2015....
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I got asked the other day if I'm still blogging. Yes I replied, when I have
a race to blog about!
Truth is , running wise its not been a great year. So ba...
1 year ago
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Quick review of 2015
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It's been a much better year for me running wise. I lost more than 2 stone
between January and the end of March, which, along with the benefit of some
new ...
1 year ago
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As One Year Ends, Another Begins…
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…and with it come new challenges! So, it’s almost the end of the year,
which can only mean one thing. A review of my running throughout 2015. But,
why woul...
1 year ago
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Charlie The Ultra Running Collie (2002-2015) RIP
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‘So you didn’t catch him then’ a neighbouring farmer, Phil, observed with a
wry smile. ‘Didn’t catch who?’ I said. ‘Your collie, Charlie. I saw you
both...
1 year ago
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Shared Ambitions: The Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc
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I first heard of the UTMB in 2008 when I was doing the Transalp race. I had
wanted to do it ever since. After having watched the start of the race last
yea...
1 year ago
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The TDS 2015 - aka The Hike from Hell
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Now if your looking forward to reading an uplifting made it through till
the end post for some motivation. Stop reading.
However if you revel in others pa...
1 year ago
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A bit better
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My last few runs have been shocking, the worst I can remember. Feels like
running through treacle.
Today I did a flat 5 miler and it felt a bit better. I av...
2 years ago
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I did this walk so you don’t have to
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It seems to be three years since I last posted. Oops. A couple of years
ago, while still very much broken, I endeavoured to get out walking most
weekends, ...
2 years ago
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JUST A TEST RUN
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I thought i'd start this blog to keep track of my training for this years
westhighland way race . I've new routes planned , and i'm looking forward
to shar...
2 years ago
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2014 Ending
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Well the year is almost Ending and it's been a rocky year as far as Racing
and Blogging goes. A couple of good performances at the begining of the
year an...
2 years ago
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My Quest for the Giblet
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To say I was nervous is an understatement! How Thomas got through the last
week before the race with me coming up with new symptoms every day I don’t
kn...
2 years ago
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Lakeland 100
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Lakeland 100 Website
Results
Lakeland 100 Pictures by Thomas Loehndorf
Its now two weeks since the Lakeland 100 race, an amazing experience that I
will che...
3 years ago
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The Longest Day: My Story of the West Highland Way - Andrew Macmillen
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*The Longest Day*
*My story of the West Highland Way Race 21-22 June 2014*
*Written by: Andrew Macmillen *
The 95 mile (152 kilometre) route of the We...
3 years ago
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A Most Remarkable Day and a Support Crew Members Thoughts
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You know, there are times in your life when you really feel that something
you have just witnessed is positively jaw dropping. The west Highland Way
Race w...
3 years ago
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Out running
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This blog is currently retired....
I'm out running...or maybe enjoying a cup of tea.
Thanks for your support.
3 years ago
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Glycogen.....
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3 years ago
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Talking Books
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I listened to National Geographic's 'Adventurers of the Year' live chat on
Google+ Hangouts, Kilian Jornet was among those taking part. At one point
he was...
3 years ago
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Angie - Day 365 - 1.5 miles
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Untitled by AAllum20 at Garmin Connect - Details
Went to Blackpool for the day so decided to do the last run before tea.
Steve came with me which was lovely...
3 years ago
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Back on (the) Track – Soochow 24 Hour Race
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WOW! AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! TREMENDOUS! ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! No amount of
superlatives, (how ever long they grow), can truly sum up the wonderful
event at S...
3 years ago
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Marcothon 2013
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Well that's me halfway through the Marcothon 2013, a simple challenge to
run every day in December for a minimum of 25 minutes or 3 miles. It sound
simple ...
3 years ago
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Travelling with Cruise
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A cruise to Asia may just be the thing for you if you wish to explore
exotic lands. There are many different cruise lines that offer trips to
Asia, and all...
3 years ago
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Toothpaste Training
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Well, the transition from my 40s to 50s was a bit of a damp squib. On my
last run as a forty-something, I got a left groin strain at the start of a
stride...
3 years ago
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Ilkley incline!
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Little 5 kay killer hill work. 170 metres of ascent and descent, straight
up from guitar teacher's house to the Cow and Calf rocks and back down.
Stunning ...
3 years ago
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Ramapo Mountain Madness 2013 - New Jersey's toughest wee ultra
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It's now six months since we moved to New Jersey from Scotland. We live
about an hour north west of NYC, not far from where the suburbs stop and
the mount...
3 years ago
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Lakeland 50 - half the length, twice the pain
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Having the UTMB lined up for the following month I decided to err on the
side of caution and do the Lakeland 50 this year instead of the 100.
Thinking I'd...
3 years ago
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My training Calender for the Hardmoors 55
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I am running the Hardmoors 55 in March and here is my training plan
Distances in the chart are in kilometres
Distances in the chart are in kilometres
MON...
3 years ago
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Interloping on Dod's blog page - The Great Glen Way Trial Race by Karen D
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It feels rather good to be typing a race report again! Hello word document,
it’s been a while. Let’s not go into the negatives of the past 16 months
when ...
4 years ago
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West Highland Way
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This is my story of my biggest run challenge . I am now 50 years old ,
have done 5 x 100km, 1x85k, 2x 73km , 3x60 k , 3 x52k trail ultra and 1x
56 k road...
4 years ago
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A Sprint Finish it Wis'ne
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Noani, me and David
Wasn't sure last year if I was going to enter again this year as I had entered the UK Ironman in Bolton (my first ever triathlon except...
4 years ago
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West Highland Race 2013
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The journey to the WHW race 2013 started immediately after last year’s
‘Fling’. Previously I’d always decided I would leave it for a few years
before app...
4 years ago
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London Marathon pleasure and study horror (in that order)
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As the title suggests, and as the London Marathon was over a month ago, I
am in the depths of study hell. Should I be posting on my blog the day
before my ...
4 years ago
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Ultimate Trails 100k
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Been really busy so far this year working on a few new projects. I'm
working as the Course Director on a very exciting new event, Ultimate
Trails 100k, whi...
4 years ago
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2013 so far .....
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Thought I'd give a wee update on how 2013's gone so far and what i have
planned at the moment for the year ahead. In terms of previous years,
2013's got of...
4 years ago
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The Eventual Road to Sparta
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The main running goal of 2013, has well er....become a non-starter.......
The Spartathlon has filled up before I have even had a chance to qualify.
Oh well ...
4 years ago
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Marcothon 2012
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After a gruesome near death experience in the Kilpatrick Hills (11 miles in
2,5 hours crawling through a blizzard) with Marco himself I managed 5 miles
tod...
4 years ago
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Another joy
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After some more treadmill running, I ventured out for another 'outdoor' run
this evening. No frills, 2 mile plod around the streets near home, however
this...
4 years ago
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Devil O The Highlands 2012
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Well that didn’t exactly go according to plan! After the Highland Fling my
aim was to tun the Cateran Trail Ultra however I was diagnosed with
tendonitis i...
5 years ago
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West Highland Way Race 2012
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This was my second attempt at the West Highland Way Race having DNF in 2010
at Kinlochleven. I learned a lot from that year but was unable to take part
in ...
5 years ago
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Digging Deep WHW Race 2012
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*The Race *
Midnight in Milngavie and I'm actually here. It's been journey to come this
far and another begins in an hours time. I'm not nervous, I'm gen...
5 years ago
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...and then, there was Magic.
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I'm sure that's not what exercise physiologists call it but for me, that
moment when exhausted legs come back to life after 70 miles of plodding
will alway...
5 years ago
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To make this clear, I honestly do not know where I had the thought to run
95 miles from an affluent area in Glasgow called Milngavie to the Outdoor
Capital...
5 years ago
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How hard can it be?
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Hmm what to do?
My WHW dreams collapsed in February thru April, but like a glint of light
I’m now left just too enticingly close with the big question.
S...
5 years ago
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Not pretty in pink
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Sometimes when progress is slow it's hard to see the bigger
picture. Despite being physically inactive, I've actively been trying to
lose some of the we...
5 years ago
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Core Training - The Top 6 Training Mistakes
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There is a lot of focus on core training at the moment with athletes from
all kinds of sports proclaiming its benefits. The Internet is full of
videos and ...
5 years ago
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health & social care bill...... (no running or bikes)
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help stop nye bevan from spinning in his grave and keep access to health
services free for all at the point of need.
our national health service certainly i...
5 years ago
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Massanutten 100 Mile
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Fort Valley, VA May 12, 2012 http://www.vhtrc.org/mmt/
5 years ago
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Activity starting: 28/10/2011 08:23
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Cross training and the cycle to work.
Week consisted of swimming 3 km 2 in sea and 1 in pool. Cycle total was
only 80km running 24km so will need to ramp...
5 years ago
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Mud Sweat And Nae Tears
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Long time no see!
A serious lack of progress in my general fitness, being a fat bugger and
always finding that I couldn't run two steps has meant a blog tha...
5 years ago
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Ben Nevis Race
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On Saturday I travelled north to run in the annual Ben Nevis Race,as most
runners know this is no ordinary hill race this one is up and down
Britains high...
5 years ago
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When Dreams Come True
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It’s difficult to describe the events of last weekend. Normally after a
race, you can summarise it fairly concisely as the events happened over a
relativel...
5 years ago
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Devil o' The Highlands 2011
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Back home after our last official encounter with the West Highland Way this
year. Tim finished the Devil o' The Highlands in about 9.15. Not bad
consider...
6 years ago
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Cameo Blogger
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RACE FOOD AND RECOVERY FOOD ALL IN ONE!
Yesterday I ran the Lairig Ghru Hill race. For those of you who don't know
its a 28 mile race from Braemar to Avi...
6 years ago
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End of an era
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An era is defined as a significant period of time. I think it's safe to
say that my last 13 years involvement with the WHW race is definitely an
era. An...
6 years ago
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The final curtain
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This is it. The final post, the last curtain call. Whatever you want to
call it. It's been 8 months of a rollercoaster ride and I've decided it's
come ...
6 years ago
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Will I Run Again ??
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It's So Far Away.
It is now 26 weeks since my knee was drilled to pieces by a couple of
doctors who carried out a procedure with no warning or discussion o...
6 years ago
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Highland Fling 2011
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This year was a bit different from last year. This year there were other
people entering the event who I knew and I had the chance to run with. Karl
Wait, ...
6 years ago
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For Those About to Run (We Salute You)
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I can't even face a bottle of Yop! today, that's how serious it is.
The first signs of Deadly Manflu were evident last Monday when i came home
from work...
6 years ago
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The RAW - Does my bum look big in this...?
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"Does my bum look big in this?", I say as I run past a male runner around
mile 38 of the RAW. Well no, actually I am lying, I didn't say that but
these are...
6 years ago
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The making of a memorial
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I thought some of you might be interested in the story behind the memorial
that recently appeared on the WHW.
When I heard the news that Dario had died it ...
6 years ago
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Dating in the eighties
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Hilarious.
*Dating Montage*
*Uploaded by smithy00101. - Sitcom, sketch, and standup comedy videos.*
6 years ago
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WHW Race 2010
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Hi
First of all I would like to thank John K for helping me set up my blog. I
Will start my story on the race at the end of this week.
7 years ago
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From Harvey Nic's to tents.....
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where did it all go wrong? Until recently my idea of 'roughing it' when
travelling was staying somewhere that was not en-suite and no room service
was avai...
7 years ago
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Finished
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At 12.28 I completed my 250th lap, or 100 km in distance, and left the
track. I had been having a number of problems since 10.30 or so: I had been
violentl...
7 years ago
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Want to see me naked ?
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Hi out there !
After my sudden end of the WHW run 2009 finaly the doctors found what
happend to me.
I have about 10 big kidney stones. See the nice pictu...
8 years ago
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East to West 4th/5th April
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The forecast was several hours behind itself on Saturday, resulting in not
only a battle against a strong headwind on the bike out from Edinburgh
towards C...
8 years ago
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