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Running every day
In October I set myself a challenge to run 1 hour every day. I also added the extra challenge of making it a different run route every time I went out for a run. 1 hour a day may seem like quite a lot, viewed in isolation it would be a short run for me. Why 1 hour?...
Race Report: River Ayr Challenge – 24/9/2011
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...
Race Report: Speyside Way Ultra – 27 August 2011
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...
3 days of running
With my first ultra marathon of the year due in 10 days I wanted to get an idea what shape my body was in. Having increased my long run to 2 hours 10 days ago it was time to add a bit more to that on Saturday. But not only was I going to go for a long run on Saturday....
Positive Images
Although I mentioned in one of my recent blogposts that I would concentrate on ultramarathon running for the foreseeable future with an aim to run the West Highland Way Race in 2012 I have had a bit of a change of mind. Going into Ironman Austria 2011 I was aware that...
Knowing when to take time out
As (tri-)athletes a lot of us hate the idea of needing to take time off training, planned rest days are bad enough but unplanned ones really nag at us. I have been no different over the past week. I returned from Ironman Austria on July 10 and the following day I had...