Racing
Race reports from Karl and team
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...
Cateran Trail Run (April 6 and 7, 2013)
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...
Back to Back Training runs (West Highland Way)
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...
Race Report: Beacons Ultra Marathon (46 miles; Sat Nov 17,2012)
A sprint finish Beacons Ultra was going to be my second ultra marathon which I had already done previously and therefore knew the course and had a bit of a feel for what awaited me. I had done Beacons in 2011 and finished in 7:49 hrs and 19th position. I didn’t have a...
Race Report: Glen Ogle 33 Ultra Marathon – Saturday November 3rd, 2012 (4:20 hrs; 13th)
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...
Race Report: Borders Three Peaks Ultra (38 miles) – A mudfest – Sunday Oct 28, 2012
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...
Race Report: Pentland Skyline Hill Race (27k and approx. 1500m of ascent) – 14 Oct 2012
As my next race (Jedburgh Ultra) is this Sunday, I thought I’d better get my race report up for the Pentland Skyline Hill Race. I had done this race once before in 2010. My sentiment at the time was that the Skyline was the hardest race I had ever done. This wasn’t...