FROM RECOVERY TO BEYOND

14 months after my previous race, I was finally ready to stand on the start line again and, if you had to choose a race for your comeback, y...

Everything has gone to plan this week. I intended to make this one a fairly full-on week of training, my last before I start a two week tape...

My legs felt fine after the long Lakeland 100 recce with John, which is always a good sign that things are going in the right direction. I h...

Just a quick update as I have a campervan to pack. Yesterday, John  and I had a fantastic day out on the Lakeland 100 course. John and Kat...

With the recent publicity regarding the Sport Relief Mile, it got me thinking what my favourite mile of running might be. This could be anyw...

I completed an excellent week of training yesterday with a 20 miler, essentially out to Dockray along the Old Coach Road, returning via St J...

What a fantastic morning! There are times when you are out on the trails that stick in your mind. This morning will be one of them. I had ...

A friend of mine who suffered a stress fracture in his femur bought a pair of Hoka ComboXT shoes back in November 2011. Qiute simply, he n...

It has just been one of those busy weeks. After last Sunday's run with John Kynaston , I managed to get a video done on the Sunday eveni...

Had a fantastic day out with John yesterday. Full report to follow but here is a taste of the day.

After my confidence boosting day on the West Highland Way during the half term holidays, I have been caught in limbo. I definitely suffered ...

This has been a really important week for me. Those that have viewed the video in my previous post will understand why, but it goes deeper t...

I'm an ultra runner again!

I started last week's training with a really positive attitude, trying to think of myself as a runner in training rather than a runner o...

During the last week, I had a simple conversation with a colleague, but then spent a great deal of time mulling over my responses. As ever, ...

Not a great deal to talk about with regard to my training this last week. Having started the year with three solid training weeks, I decided...

Last week was quite a mixed bag; you will have to decide which bits are the good, which the bad and which the ugly! I started the week hop...