The Thames Path 100 is an ultrarunning race put on by Centurion Running in March each year. Normally it starts in Richmond, London and follows the Thames Path all the way to Oxford. I got a place confirmed in this years race as part of the early opening program for volunteers (I marked the Marlow to Reading of the course last year). Having run 40 miles a number of times and 75 miles at the Endure24, I thought it would … →
No, that title is not a speeling mincesteak, it is a witty reference to a run I did on the Isle of Bute (Scotland). Bute is a small island directly West of Glasgow, it’s a 35 minute ferry journey from Wemyss Bay (near Greenock). The island is 15 miles long (North to South) and about 4 miles wide. It is just North of Arran – the island where they make jumpers… I spent the first 17 years of my life … →
Just bought myself a couple of new running bits in preparation for the Thames Path 100. I bought a Montane Minimus WP Jacket from SportsShoes.com (£111.99) and I bought a pair of Race Ready Active V-Notch Shorts from the ULTRAmarathonRunningStore (on the recommendation from James Adams) for £32.99 – much more than I’d normally pay for shorts, or a running jacket but they do sound pretty good. I’ll do a review of each when I’ve had a chance to play … →
Love this video that Nike put together, called ‘Onwards’
This weekend was a long run in training for the Thames Path 100. I had planned to do around 45 to 50 miles and I wanted to recce the section of the race from Reading to Oxford.I’ve run the Marlow to Reading section a few times and as I should be getting to Reading towards night time during the race, a little prior knowledge of where I should be going would be helpful.
Imaginary Friend : “What this, have you turned into some kind of tree hugger ??” Me : “No, no, no, I don’t mean I’ve become some kind of tree hugger – no, I like burning fossil fuels as much as the next person – no, I mean turning all the spreadsheet boxes green by meeting my training goals / mileage.” Imaginary Friend (to second imaginary friend) : “What is he on about, turning boxes green ??” Me : “Okay, let’s … →
Well, since my last update about breaking my (first) runstreak things have been going a bit better. I took 12 days off, no running at all and got over the injury – it was feeling better after a week but i though I’d leave it longer to be 100% – and – this was the last time I would not be running every day so why not take advantage of it I ran for a couple of days, took a … →
The past few days, since last Thursday in fact, have involved no running at all and lots of soul searching. It has felt very strange, not running – after doing at least 2 miles every day for the previous 218 days. The week before I was asked how long I would carry on the runstreak for and answered that I didn’t see any reason not to carry on for as long I can run – I had no intention of … →
Yes, I know that recommendations are for athletes to eat small and often, but that is for ATHLETES. It does NOT transfer well to mere mortals like us (okay, me). If you’re an athlete, in training and burning more than 4000 calories a day, then be my guest, eat 6 (or 10) small meals a day consisting only of fried egg sandwiches and chocolate éclairs. If you’re a mere mortal like I, maybe running or exercising a fair bit then … →
Last Saturday I ran the Devil of The Highlands Footrace. This is a 43 mile ultra starting in Tyndrum and following the West Highland Way to its end in Fort William. Spoiler – 8:51:05 coming 57th out of 138 starters Runkeeper Metrics This is a race that has been on my bucket list for some time as, over the years I’ve spent a lot of time around that area hillwalking / climbing / munrobagging. It is also a race that … →
