Category Archives: trail running

Hellstone Marathon

Posted on May 6, 2019 by shazruns

Yesterday I headed East to Dorset to partake in The Hellstone Marathon. This was a bit of a last minute entry for me, ideally I wanted to do the half but this was sadly sold out so I thought what … Continue reading →

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DHHM- Edition 4

Posted on January 24, 2019 by shazruns

33 of us have attended each of DHHM we were told at the start line on Sunday. I spent the first five miles contemplating (oh and cursing) as to why we keep going back as I trudged up the hills … Continue reading →

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A parkrun DNF!

Posted on October 14, 2018 by shazruns

How is that even possible? A 3 mile run and I don’t get to the end! In 14 years of running my first ever DNF, I have many DNS before due to injury or to thinking an event was on … Continue reading →

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To Prussia With Love

Posted on October 6, 2018 by shazruns

Some mornings go smoothly, sadly today was not one of those days! Having spent most of the week waking early and not getting back to sleep (in fact one morning I got up at 4 am as wide awake!) this … Continue reading →

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Montacute Parkrun

Posted on September 10, 2018 by shazruns

Last time I did parkrun, my ankle gave up after 1 mile and I dragged it to the finish. You know you have achieved an awful time when the time keeper sees you coming and checks his stopwatch twice! I … Continue reading →

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Scott Snowdonia Trail Marathon

Posted on July 19, 2018 by shazruns

Wow, just wow! That was an incredible experience. After two lovely days travelling in Wales with hubby it was time for the main event. As normal at the start I checked out the other runners and my they were an … Continue reading →

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Mmm whats better?

Posted on July 12, 2018 by shazruns

26.2 miles of 5441ft of up down, down up, up down, up down or and repeat (Tsunami marathon elevation) OR or 26.2 miles of 5,256ft with a little up then some nice flattish miles before hitting a 4 mile hill … Continue reading →

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Catch up

Posted on July 8, 2018 by shazruns

Grab a cup of tea and a large packet of digestives this is a catch up post as I seem to have been missing in action for the whole of June! Where did that month go? I might not have … Continue reading →

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Road trip planned

Posted on April 15, 2018 by shazruns

Recently I wrote about needing a focus (here in case you missed that exciting post). In 2017 I had 100k run as a focus, in 2016 it was VLM and my first Ultra. 2018 I have been aimless and running … Continue reading →

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Up Hill Starts

Posted on February 25, 2018 by shazruns

Who wants to start a race in to an immediate up hill? Any takers? Me neither! Looking at my last three events you would think I love them. And then there was todays event which really takes the biscuit to … Continue reading →

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