by Karl Zeiner | Feb 29, 2016 | Coaching, Personal Trainer, Race Reports, Triathlon, Weekly Roundup
A busy week with a day in Glencoe and 2 days of racing over the weekend. Skiing In 2015 Fiona and I had tried to get up North skiing during the week when we could to avoid the weekend crowds. We decided to do the same again this year and with the winter finally...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 29, 2015 | Race Reports, Ultra Marathon
Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra (38 miles): Race Report The Jedburgh Ultra Marathon is the only Ultra that I have now done 4 times, it may even be the only race that I have done 4 times as I think even my repeat half marathons topped at 3. Generally I like doing new courses...
by Karl Zeiner | Sep 6, 2015 | Race Reports, Ultra Marathon
No reason The moment I knew I could complete the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), I didn’t want to finish it any more. Knowing I could physically finish meant that I had nothing to prove. I wasn’t doing this for anyone in particular. I’d set out with 2 simple...
by Karl Zeiner | Jun 26, 2015 | Race Reports, Running, Ultra Marathon
My main race for 2015 is the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc at the end of August. In the past this race has been hit with weather issues causing the race to be shortened or changed. My hope is that we will be lucky this year and get to do the full course in good...
by Karl Zeiner | May 3, 2015 | Race Reports
Every race you do you should learn from to improve for the next race on the calendar. Most times we find lots of things that went wrong and we want to do better. Less often do we find things in a race where we just have to say: I’ll do that again! Pacing and pace...
by Karl Zeiner | Feb 8, 2015 | Cycling, Race Reports
The Strathpuffer 24 hour mountain bike race takes place in mid January in the North of Scotland which means that there is likely to be winter weather such as snow, wind, rain and freezing temperatures. There is definitely going to be a lot of darkness. If you...
