by Karl Zeiner | Jun 11, 2012 | Race Preview, Running
With the West Highland Way Race 12 days away I thought I would write my thoughts and plans down on what to expect and how I plan to approach it. My last few weeks have been a bit odd in the build-up as I feel I haven’t really done many long runs since the Highland...
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 25, 2012 | Race Preview, Running
This Saturday I am running the Highland Fling Ultra marathon which goes from Milngavie (north of Glasgow) to Tyndrum and is 53 miles long. I am doing this race partly as preparation for the West Highland Way race but I do intend to race it too. About a month ago I ran...
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 4, 2012 | Running, Training Sessions
A few weeks ago John Duncan – organiser of the Highland Fling Ultra marathon – posted both on the Highland Fling and West Highland Way Race facebook page to suggest a training weekend taking in the whole of the Highland Fling route from Milngavie to Tyndrum over 2...
by Karl Zeiner | Jan 17, 2012 | Review, Running, Triathlon
Last year – 2011 – turned out to be a decisive year in terms of what I would be doing in 2012. It was a great year for running and an average year for triathlon mostly brought on with issue in my open water swimming. The year started off very well with some very...
