The Quirky little 101010 was born in 101010, but renaming it to 191014 just doesn’t have the same ring to it. So 101010 it is, a cute inexpensive 10km trail race on the 10th month of the year. The race shows off my home city of Sheffield in its true form; zigging and zagging through […]
Round Rotherham 50
Shall I? Shall I not? I shall, I shall not. I just don’t know, I may, let’s see how I feel. I have broken a finger nail, I can’t. Oh hell its only 30 minutes from home and under £20 – why not? Stop Procrastinating and Do! Stop caring what other people think. Just do […]
Redbull Steeplechase
The Red Bull Steeplechase is a 21.4 mile knock-out event that starts and finishes in the charming village of Castleton in the heart of the Peak District. The event is unique, with four knock-out stages, runners are competing right from the word go. And it goes something like this: Knockout Stage 1, 8 miles: 125 […]
Yorkshire Vets Cross Country
2.6 miles I say, 2.6 not 26.2 but 2.6. The weekend that most people were about to run a marathon I decide to do the complete opposite, mix up the numbers a bit and run 2.6 miles. The Yorkshire Vet’s Cross Country event was taking place just outside of Leeds at Nunroyd Park. It took […]
Sheffield Way Relay
A year ago I had signed up to complete my first 50 miler ‘Round Sheffield Way’ a ‘relay’ organised by Steel City Striders that has been going since 1997 with the Ultra being a soloist event for the first time that year. However 2 weeks before and after reccie’ing every single leg twice, three […]
Salt Cellar Fell Race
Friday night there was a fell race on only 20 minutes from home around the stunning Derwent Edge in the Peak District. Now I am no fell runner, I will never be a fell runner so this was ‘just for fun’ taking myself outside of my comfort zone and just having a go. But for […]
Thunder Run
This was my second year at Thunder Run. After the 2013 episode of Thunder Run, in which it really did lead up to its name; caked in mud throughout the 10km course, thunder, lightening, torrential downpours you name it we had it. This year we had the complete opposite, as temperatures hit a near scorching […]
Crich Momument Race
Saturday midday and I set off frantically to reach Crich to run up a big hill to the Crich monument overlooking the little village of Crich – Christ why not?. Why you ask? Why not I ask. With only 10 minutes to spare when I arrived, I forgot my Garmin and ran to the start […]
West Highland Way Holiday
West Highland Way – 96 miles over 5 days in other words Scotland’s Great Trails-Slighe na Gàidhealtachd an Iar. So when telling people I was off on holiday to run 96 miles over 5 days instant Scottish response was: Yer aff yer heid – yeah probably. Setting the Context When the opportunity came up to […]
Grindleford Gallop
Third time lucky for me, the Grindleford Gallop, a 21 mile off road event around the Peak District. I have always wanted to do this but having either been injured or too late to apply I have failed for the past few years. The good news this year was that due to a leak through […]