Here I was only 5 days into my New Zealand holiday baking in the country’s hottest summer on record and signing up for a little 12km trail race in Wanaka just 2 days before the event. Why? Why not…. We have nothing to loose and a world to see Well I had eyed up the […]
Belper Rugby Rover
Belper Rugby Rover 30km (18.4 miles) was nearly not set to take place but after negotiations the race directors once again put on a faultless event. I really wanted to race this event as I had raced it in 2012 and was looking forward to seeing where I was at with my running. In addition the […]
Half Tour of Bradwell
Destination Bradwell, a little old lead mining village nestled in the heart of the Peak District, supporting the ‘Long and Half Tour of Bradwell’ either a very tough 33 mile 6300 feet Ultra trail fell run (Long Tour) or a more mild option of the 15.5 mile 3000ft trail fell run (Half Tour). Last year […]
National Cross Country – Parliament Hill
Saturday morning – 8.30am, ‘Mike’s Minibus’ takes a handful of Sheffield Running Club members alongside a couple of straggles from the other side of the Pennines who were relegated to the back of the minibus down to London to run around the ‘King of Cross Country Courses’ at Parliament Hill for the National Cross Countries. […]
Sheffield 101010
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 […]
Ring O’ Fire
A friend said to me a year or so ago he would eat his hat if I ever attempted Ring O’ Fire Ultra-marathon – a 135 mile 3 day event circumventing the isle of Anglesey, comprising of 35.7 miles on day 1, 65.9 miles on day 2 and 33.4 miles on day 3. To quote […]
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 […]
National Cross Country – Nottingham
You can’t get better than this – the National Cross Country Championships. This year slightly more local in Nottingham so why not give it a go, 5 miles over cross country terrain running in the biggest cross country pack in the UK, from elites to non-elites – an amazing experience with nearly 8000 runners in […]
Darley Abbey ParkRun #42
I have renamed this run the Darley Abbey Cross Country Run for it was not your average Parkrun. I was down in Derby for my best friends’ birthday so what better way to celebrate it than to run around a park, a proper park with proper grass and proper mud and proper squelch. This was […]