If any of you follow me on Instagram or read my blog posts, you will know that I am a huge fan of the Thames Path. So much so that I call it my ‘playground’ – and why not? After all I visit it every day unless I am away travelling (and none of us … Read more
Having run across Spain from West to East (Atlantic to the Med) I thought I would try and replicate the feat but this time running North to South. I’ll write a post about it because it was an epic trip but the long and short of it was that my knee blew up in the … 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
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
If you are an Ultra Runner then the likelihood is that at some point you have “failed” to complete the course. The sheer logistics and mental strength required to try and run 50, 60 or even 100 miles make it more or less inevitable that at some stage you will hit the buffers . It … Read more
Here’s my adventure board! What’s an adventure board you might ask? Well it’s all the things that I want to make happen next – in no particular order they are: ♥ Interview Rich Roll ♥ Start making some vlogs ♥ Get an article placed with National Geographic ♥ Run across Italy ♥ Visit California and … Read more
Visca Catalunya – long live Catalonia! Catalonia – home to the breathtaking Pyrenees, the vibrant city of Barcelona and the gorgeous beaches of the Mediterranean, it really is the region that has it all. And of course it’s a runners’ paradise too, not surprising when you consider its most famous citizen is the great Kilian … Read more
Last Sunday, 3rd July 2016 at 5:45pm I wended my way up the final few yards of volcanic path to the Cap de Creus lighthouse and the end of my epic run across the Spanish Pyrenees. The azure blue of the Mediterranean Sea was on my right and to my left 524 miles of one … Read more
#8marathons8countries8days – Road to Berlin What possessed us to try and run 8 marathons in 8 countries in 8 days I’ll never know – suffice is to say that we are always up for a challenge and there didn’t seem to be a bigger one than that! My running partner, Marlena, and I picked … Read more
