Most of you regulars know that I’m passionate about photography and I’ve got several thousand photos (of varying quality) from my running adventures from around the world. These include my Pyrenean run across Spain, my run across Italy in 2017 and my mad dash of 8 marathons in 8 countries in 8 days. But what … Read more
Well here it is – my 2018 Race Calendar. Thames Path 100 – An old favourite, a 100 mile yomp along the Thames Path starting at Richmond and ending up in Oxford. I’ve had mixed fortunes with this one but if no one keels over in front of me, I don’t get lost (on a … Read more
Self indulgent I know but …. I’m not a great believer in new year resolutions but a bucket list well that’s another matter! Here is a list of some of the things I am “planning” for 2018. I’m not too clever on timing – The Pyrenees adventure appeared on my horizon in 2014 and I did … Read more
**As an experiment I have an audio version of this post – the link is at the bottom** As the plane banked steeply on the approach to Madrid Airport I anticipated what lay ahead – 50 miles of running through the trails, brush land and woods that surrounded the city and a finish at the … Read more
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve had two DNF in the last two races that I’ve entered, The Thames Path 100 miler and the Sierra Nevada Ultra, Now there were mitigating circumstances but aren’t there always. The bottom line is that I retired in both of them. So I’ve had a long … Read more
I’ve got a new passion – photography. Well it’s an old one actually. I first took it up when I was 18 but it disappeared along with me into the fleshpots of London. I used to love nothing better than leaving my Earls Court flat at dawn and spending the day walking around London shooting … Read more
OK I admit it – I’ve been in a slump lately and I’ve lost a bit of my mojo. It’s not that I’ve fallen out of love with running but more like running has fallen out of love with me and it’s time to do something about it. The reasons why we runners gravitate to … Read more
Really excited to be back on the road again, this time to Granada, Spain for the Ultra Trail Sierra Nevada. 63 kms through the blistering heat and mountains of the beautiful Sierra Nevada. Fortunately we’ve had a heat wave here in the UK (i.e. It hasn’t rained for 7 days straight!) but my Spanish friends … Read more
If you are regular visitors to this blog you will know that I decided to pull out of the TransItalia Ultra next month. I got injured during the ThamesPath 100 and just haven’t been able to put the miles in to prepare myself for the 266km, 50 hour dash across Italy. Never mind I did … Read more
