Racing
Race reports from Karl and team
Weekly Round Up – 22-28 Feb: A day’s skiing
A busy week with a day in Glencoe and 2 days of racing over the weekend. Skiing In 2015 Fiona and I had tried to get up North skiing during the week when we could to avoid the weekend crowds. We decided to do the same again this year and with the winter finally...
Jedburgh the 4th
Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra (38 miles): Race Report The Jedburgh Ultra Marathon is the only Ultra that I have now done 4 times, it may even be the only race that I have done 4 times as I think even my repeat half marathons topped at 3. Generally I like doing new courses...
Moments of Magic, Moments of Doubt: Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc 2015
No reason The moment I knew I could complete the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), I didn’t want to finish it any more. Knowing I could physically finish meant that I had nothing to prove. I wasn’t doing this for anyone in particular. I’d set out with 2 simple...
Race Report: Zugspitz Ultra Trail (June 20) – Was this the Winter Solstice?
My main race for 2015 is the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc at the end of August. In the past this race has been hit with weather issues causing the race to be shortened or changed. My hope is that we will be lucky this year and get to do the full course in good...
Highland Fling Ultra Marathon race report: Cramp Management!
Every race you do you should learn from to improve for the next race on the calendar. Most times we find lots of things that went wrong and we want to do better. Less often do we find things in a race where we just have to say: I’ll do that again! Pacing and pace...
Race Report: Strathpuffer 24
The Strathpuffer 24 hour mountain bike race takes place in mid January in the North of Scotland which means that there is likely to be winter weather such as snow, wind, rain and freezing temperatures. There is definitely going to be a lot of darkness. If you...
Chasing Time: Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra Race Report – 38 miles (60 km)
2nd attempt at putting this race report together as I appear to have lost or not saved the first draft, so fingers crossed I don’t do the same again. I have been in a lull in terms of writing my blog and my race reports but a couple of comments from fellow competitors...
Guest Blog: Simon Nicholls’ Ironman Sweden 2014 Race Report
Simon Nicholls joined my group of athletes towards the end of 2013 with a view of completing his first Ironman race in Kalmar, Sweden in the summer of 2014. His strength was clearly going to be the bike so we were going to use this to deliver him to a strong marathon...
Race Report: Transvulcania 2014
In 2012 I saw a video of the Transvulcania race for the first time and immediately said: I have to do that, it looked absolutely stunning. In 2013 there was a bit of a buzz going round a number of Scottish Ultra runners about a group of us heading out to La Palma in...