Category Archives: Training for an Ultra
Charmouth Challenge
Last Saturday afternoon I did the Charmouth Challenge. This event has been on my radar for a long while. I avoided it previously due to the fact it is billed as a ‘Fell Race’. To me this meant I had … Continue reading
Wet wet wet woodland relays
Last night was the annual Woodland Relay that the club partakes in. This is my third relay and the two previous years the weather has been glorious. Being held in England’s summer that good luck was never going to hold … Continue reading
The long slow run, with pitstops.
This week work has been slow, it is very much the calm before the storm, so I decided that to prevent another day staring at a lap top, I would take the day off to fit in a long slow … Continue reading
Operation MFYOC Kicked off
I’m not a lover of acronyms, working in education I find they are overused, probably due to the shortage of time people have due to an extensive curriculum and assessment strategies, but that’s a discussion for another time not the … Continue reading
Umborne Ug Second Edition
Umborne is a little village in East Devon located deep within one of the many mountain ranges we have here. In June 2014 I did my first Unborne Ug, you can read about that here, last night I did my … Continue reading
Cat antics
Both Madams slept through the night as babies by the time they were six weeks old. Some people would say I was lucky that this happened. I would argue that luck had nothing to do with it, it was sheer … Continue reading
How to run and train for an Ultra
Obviously now have I completed and trained for two Ultra’s, I am an expert, so thought I would share with you what I think worked and what didn’t, for me. Recommended Back to back long runs in training, time consuming, … Continue reading
Ultra Eve
Tomorrow is Ultra day!!!!!!!!!!!! So as you can imagine things are in a turmoil here. I swing from ‘can’t wait’ to ‘OMG what have I done’, seriously having more mood swings than a teenager and I should know as I … Continue reading
Bluebells
A lot has gone on since I last wrote, after the half Hartland Hartbreaker, the dilemma is, what do I write about? Should I tell you about my trip to the doctors in regards to my ribs and the subsequent … Continue reading
Hartland Hartbreaker…………. Half Measures
Now if you are over 75 and related to me best miss this post out, safer for me and you! Check back next week when hopefully there will be a post written that does not elevate your blood pressure! Thank … Continue reading
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