by Karl Zeiner | Apr 17, 2013 | Running, Training, Ultra Marathon
As mentioned in last week’s post on my run up the West Highland Way, I followed this up with a 55 mile run round the Cateran Trail race route over 2 days the following weekend. My lead-in to this wasn’t great although I had planned to do very little running in the 5...
by Karl Zeiner | Apr 12, 2013 | Running, Training, Ultra Marathon
Over the last couple of weekends I have done 3 day and a 2 day back-to-back runs totalling 152 miles. I have 2 target races for this year. One is a second attempt at the West Highland Way Race (95 miles) after my aborted attempt in 2012. The other is the Ring of Fire...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 8, 2012 | Race Reports, Running, Ultra Marathon, Uncategorized
I had 5 days to recover from the Three Peaks Ultra marathon in Jedburgh before lining up for my next ultra marathon – the Glen Ogle 33 (GO33). It didn’t take long for my legs to feel normal after Jedburgh and this is likely to be partly thanks to the forgiving surface...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 31, 2012 | Race Reports, Ultra Marathon
Another week, another ultra. Not quite but starting to feel like it as I have Glen Ogle 33 coming up this weekend only 6 days after completing the Three Peaks Ultra in Jedburgh. This race is new to the ultra marathon calendar although organising a race on the last...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 9, 2012 | Race Reports, Ultra Marathon
This River Ayr Challenge (RAW) was my first race back after the West Highland Way Race DNF with the exception of the 10k Handicap race I did in August. The RAW is a 40 mile run from Glenbuck Reservoir to Ayr mostly along the River Ayr. Although fully recovered I...
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...
