by Karl Zeiner | May 1, 2012 | Race Reports, Running
Where do you start with a race that took nearly 10 hours to complete and consisted mostly of running. In an Ironman you can at least say: I swam, biked and ran! Here I ran, ate a bit, ran, ate a bit more, ran again and ate more again. There was a lot of eating...
by Karl Zeiner | Apr 16, 2012 | Race Reports, Running
I entered the Lochaber Marathon as I would be there to support my other half who was doing this as her first marathon and I could support her by running round the course just as well as supporting her by standing on the sidelines. With the Highland Fling Ultra and the...
by Karl Zeiner | Apr 12, 2012 | Race Reports, Triathlon
I surprised myself a little bit at the weekend with my performance at the Galashiels Sprint Triathlon. Triathlon is not my main focus this year with me concentrating on ultra marathons and I have therefore been neglecting both the swimming and the cycling. I could be...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 22, 2011 | Race Reports
Every ultra marathon is different and from every ultra marathon you learn something new. My main learning points from the Speyside Way ultra and the River Ayr Challenge were to do with nutrition especially in the latter stages of the race. Beacons Ultra is both longer...
by Karl Zeiner | Sep 27, 2011 | Race Reports, Ultra Marathon
On Saturday September 24, 2011 was the River Ayr Challenge – a 41 mile run from Glenbuck along the River Ayr to the town of Ayr on the coast. I lined up for this Ultra marathon 1 month after I had completed the Speyside Way Ultra. From looking at the maps my...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 31, 2011 | Race Reports
The Speyside Way Ultramarathon covers 36.5 miles from Ballindalloch along the Speyside Way to the coast at Spey Bay with the last 5 miles following the coast eastward to Buckie. The weather forecast for race day was not very inviting, there was a weather warning out...
