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Interview with Capture Outdoors

Outdoor Life, ViewRanger September 5, 2015

Capture Outdoors is a great website dedicated to everything outdoors, from adventuring and sport to the more creative, such as photography and art created simply from resources found in the wild. I love the range of topic they cover, it illustrates perfectly how being outdoors is not just about getting into sport or hardcore activity […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Exciting announcement: ViewRanger’s UK Adventure Racing ambassador

ViewRanger August 3, 2015

I am absolutely thrilled to announce I will now be representing ViewRanger as their UK Adventure Racing ambassador. As one of the leading global GPS navigation apps this partnership fits perfectly with all my activities – whether I am out on the bike, running, mountaineering or more I can’t wait to discover all the features ViewRanger has to offer. […]

Tramlines weekend including a slightly epic ride!

Mountain Biking, Running July 27, 2015

For the past few years, it has been a bit of a tradition for all my uni friends to head back up to Sheffield for Tramlines Festival. It’s always great to catch up with everyone and a real laugh, over the years we have certainly seen some great bands and some terrible ones! This year was […]

Hill training in the Lakes

Road Biking, Running July 22, 2015

I’m not very good at resting and even worse at doing nothing – so it was lucky that the past two frustrating weeks resting my ankle have coincided with moving house, which has kept me fairly busy, to say the least! The initial plan for my weekend in the Lakes was to run the main […]

Hathersage Gala Fell Race

Race Reports, Running July 9, 2015

Despite probably needing a rest day after a busy weekend I was far too tempted by Hathersage Gala Fell Race on Monday night! So after work I popped on my running kit and made my way to the Hathersage. The idea was to take the race gently using it more as a training run than competition […]

Mountain biking in the Peak District | Outdoor Adventure Motivational Speaking | Hetty Key | Mud, Chalk & Gears

Running out of juice literally and figuratively!

Mountain Biking, Running July 6, 2015

Saturday’s aim was to hit the 20-mile target running! The fact it was one of the hottest days of the year was a slight annoyance, however not phased, I loaded up my pack with as much water and juice as I could carry, slathered on the suncream (no more blisters and dodgy tan lines for […]

Wild swimming in the Peak District | Outdoor Adventure Motivational Speaking | Hetty Key | Mud, Chalk & Gears

Wild Swimming – the best way to cool down!

Outdoor Life July 4, 2015

Phew, it’s been hot! As much as I love the mini heat wave that has hit the UK this week, it is less fun when you are sat in an office 9-5! Come to the end of the day I can’t say I particularly fancy running or cycling when it is this humid and facing […]