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Race Report – West Highland Way Race 2013: Job Done!
June 22, 23:00 hrs: Gareth, my support runner, and I have exited the Braveheart car park and are on the pavement heading into Fort William. Darkness has fallen and I am expecting to see urbanisation and street lights any minute. The legs are tired and aching and I am...
Looking ahead to the West Highland Way Race
My first A-Race of the year is less than 2 weeks away. The West Highland Way race starts at 1 am on Saturday June 22. It is a 95 mile run. During last year's race I had to retire from the race after 75 miles due to the conditions which meant I had started going...
Ring of Fire Ultra and Celtman Extreme Triathlon Recce Runs
The Ring of Fire Ultra marathon is a 3 day ultra that takes in the complete coastal path around Anglesey and runs from August 30-September 1 this year. The total distance over the 3 days is 131 miles. The Celtman on the other hand is a one day event in the North West...
Cateran 55 Race Report – A good race on a windy day (May 18,2013)
Compared to my recent outings on the ultramarathon race scene I was planning to make some changes to my race plan. These were mostly nutrition based and also around when I would plan my feed/walk breaks. Over those last races I had a system of feeding every 25 minutes...
2013 Race Report for D33 Ultra (March 16th)
This one is a bit late but maybe that had to do with the fact that it didn’t go well. My experience at the D33 Ultra was bad. I got home and said to Fiona: “Just like the West Highland Way Race”. Her face dropped … I had to correct by adding that I had finished. Her...
365 days
It has been just over a month since I finished my challenge to run every day for a year. I was initially going to write a blog post about the run sooner but think waiting a bit has given me time to reflect and also see how my body would react after the challenge was...