Posts about Running

Race Review: Sheffield TenTenTen

Race Reports, Running, ViewRanger October 19, 2015
My entry to Sheffield TenTenTen was a very last minute decision! I had been out running with the Front Runner crew on Tuesday, and everyone was talking about it… A bit late to the party I was fairly sure I wouldn’t get a place however as it happened the next morning TenTenTen tweeted to say they had had […]
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Wild Running’s Something Wild Festival

Race Reports, Running, ViewRanger September 26, 2015
With the aim of arriving at River Dart Country Park in vaguely sociable hours, I set off straight from work on Friday. The car was loaded, and I had checked, double checked and triple checked my sleeping bag was packed this time! I was off to Wild Running’s Something Wild Festival – a fun and family orientated […]
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Lakes Sky Ultra Race Report

Race Reports, Running, ViewRanger September 16, 2015
Arriving at Cumbria University campus in Ambleside it suddenly hit me – I was actually going to have to run this race! It may sound silly, but this has been a distant and far off target for so long it didn’t quite seem real. But with banners, signs and race notifications everywhere there was no […]
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Bank Holiday Adventures Part 2: Lakes Sky Ultra Recce

Running September 11, 2015
So I mucked this up a little – ideally, this post was meant to go out last week, so people could have a chance to read it in plenty of time – not the day before the race! But as it happens sometimes, life and training got in the way, and I am of the […]
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Bank Holiday Adventures Part 1: Wales

Climbing, Running, Travel, ViewRanger September 10, 2015
As per normal, I was running late – Friday seemed to have flown by and before I knew it, it was 6 o’clock and not only had I not set off for Wales I hadn’t packed! At this stage the plan was simple – don’t worry about packing light, just get everything in the car. […]
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Dig Deep’s Peak District Ultramarathon

Race Reports, Running August 18, 2015
A few months ago I made a bold statement – “I’m going to run an ultramarathon” – I said confidently. Friends and family quizzed me slightly concerned, “What’s that?”, “But you have never run a marathon!” and “Why?” seemed to crop up the most. Shortly after this, I came across a flyer in Outside, Hathersage […]
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Preparing for Dig Deep’s Peak District Ultra

Running, ViewRanger August 14, 2015
So this time tomorrow I will have hopefully completed my first ultramarathon – Dig Deep’s Intro Ultra! This is both an exciting and nerve-wracking thought. Preparation has had its ups and downs; I will wholeheartedly admit there have been moments (mostly on the first hill of any route) I have had a full blown paddy […]
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Lakes Sky Ultra Training Weekend

Running August 10, 2015
I arrived at the YHA, Helvellyn late Friday night. Initially, I thought I had totally misread the directions as getting there involved a fair drive along a slightly broken track into the middle of nowhere… Luckily I didn’t fail the first nav test it was correct! Too late for dinner at the hostel, I dumped […]
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