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Fisherfield-Torridon Traverse
I may make a nice page setting out the challenge rules in more detail, but for now, here’s the account of the adventure. The idea had been bubbling away in my head for a few years now, but weather and availability had never coincided. I wanted to see these mountains in good weather, which is…
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Achilles Tendinopathy
I have been lucky to avoid major injuries for most of my time as a runner. The two exceptions have been (a) an Achilles problem in my mid-thirties and then more recently (b) and Achilles problem in my mid-forties. So perhaps you could say that tendon is my, er… one particular weak spot. Please note…
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Bannau Brycheniog
This was a multi-purpose run, to meet a few aims… The journey down involved changing at Shrewsbury to access the “Heart of Wales” line to Swansea, via a lot of small towns and tiny villages. The scenery was beautiful, dozens of hills I will almost certainly never visit. The train itself was like my local…
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Loch Tay Skyline
Some important details first… This was my comeback run after the Northern Traverse and the achilles problem I developed on that race. I had passed up an opportunity to go to Scotland two weeks earlier, as I was getting fatigued rather quickly. But now over six weeks after the 300km Northern Traverse, I was feeling…
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Northern Traverse
Some advice first, this distance was new to me, and went reasonably well (6th place finish). The training Training had gone well. I was more diligent than useful, aiming for 1 tempo and 1 interval session per week, and 3 lots of progressive strength and conditioning. Life got in the way a few times, and…
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Corris Round
First up, the helpful info for anyone attempting the round. Doing the Corris Round in March was Dave’s idea – which worked both as a great objective in itself, and as a stepping stone to future challenges. It was Lisa’s biggest ascent day so far, and a big day by any standards. For me, it…
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Winter training
After a great start to Northern Traverse training in October, November became a bit disrupted by some family illness and life admin. December had been designated a “fun month”, with a weekend away, and turned into a pretty solid training month with more free time around Christmas than usual. Coming into the New Year, I…
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Winter running tips
Some collected thoughts on running in winter conditions, after a few days of exactly that in January 2025. All the pictures below are from a couple of days in the local hills, 9-10 Jan. This advice is mostly concerned with local, low level trails than the more serious business of winter mountain running.
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2024 Review
This has felt like a transitional year – the first since I took my ultra running seriously where there hasn’t been a really big successful run. 2019 was the Dragon’s Back, even 2020 had my home made Peak 500m trigs (at 75 miles, the furthest I had run at the time). 2021 was the return…
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Training log – Oct 2024
So, here we are, a 6 month run-in to the Northern Traverse (300km and 6000m ascent). Time to ramp up the training and see what I can do with it. 2023 was a fantastic running year for me, with a whole lot of challenges and races completed, culminating in the winter solo Bob Graham. 2024…