1 / 8 Dragons Back 2023 The Build Up. Another year, another week in Wales on The Dragon’s Back race. 2023 was my third attempt at this...

Day 6 The final day. I'd heard many times it's all down hill from here. I'd paid this day no heed in my plans and prep, it was just a day...

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them...

Day 3 ends, across the line I make for the medical tent. Three days of mountains have taken its toll. I've run 160km and climbed 9800m so...

0400 Alarms begin to chirp. God no! it cannot be time to get up! I don't move, what's the point? I'm Non Competitive, Out. Out of the...

Shane Ohly said, or something similar. " True adventure begins when the outcome isn't guaranteed " Day 2 Dragons Back Race 22. Wind the...

Day 1 0345 Its still dark, I can hear the wind and sea outside. The alarms just gone off and Fran is already up and moving around. Light...

Two months have passed since I ' toe'd the line' on the 2021 Montane Dragons Back race. I thought I might update how the past 60 days...

Sep 6th 2021 0700 Conwy Castle, North Wales I'm finally here after a year of training, 2400 miles of running since September 2020 and...

10 miles social run today to the walls of Framlingham Castle across the fields, paths and byways of Suffolk. Great fun and great company.

27 June 21 We attended our first organised event in 15 months! The Orwell Challenge Marathon and 1/2 Marathon held in Suffolk. Fran...

16 October 2020 32.5 miles with EnduranceLife Events My first Ultra. I trained for about 3 months for this event gradually building the...

33.5 miles . That's how far I'll be running on the 25th October 2020. In context about 7 miles than my furthest ever run (Marathon at...

Hill Repeats Hill Training! Why bother? Hills are tiring... Whats the point? Hills build power and muscle. They make you lift your knee...

Why is pacing a vital skill for any runner? Studies have shown that running any event too quickly in the first few miles significantly...

Tempo Run this morning What is tempo running all about? There seems to be loads of definitions. I work on trying to maintain a pace over...

Cooper Test. What is that I hear you cry. At its most simple level it is a test of how far you can run in 12 minutes. It's a great...

As mentioned a few days ago I undertook a pretty hard session last week. I spent an hour ascending/descending a set of stairs in some...

Morning Pyramid session In the rain🌧 1 mile out, 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 minute efforts, 1 mile back. Pyramids are a great form of speed work....

16 June 20 10km Recovery run this morning. After a hard run session on Sunday I've had sore calves. Commonly called DOMs-Delayed onset...