Race to train – February Newsletter
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by Jayson
1M ago
While races are not every runners cup of tea, most of us will be anticipating those big events that we have planned for later in the year. Unless you’re someone whose A race was the Spine or the Arc, chances are now that the days are lengthening and the snowdrops are pushing through the ground, our thoughts will be turning towards our target races. It is a great idea, as part of your training, to include some practice events too, so that you can really get a feel for race day itself. It is tricky to emulate certain elements when training alone, such as the atmosphere of an event, the number of ..read more
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UTMB: The long and winding road to the blue carpet.
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by Kim Cavill
5M ago
A couple of years ago, I listened to a podcast that had a real impact on me and forced me to look at some of my fairly strongly held beliefs. John McAvoy’s story is one of such a 360 degree pivot, it’s like a Hollywood film. Growing up around career criminals, it seemed inevitable that his path was set. One of the most prolific armed robbers in the country, John ended up with two life sentences in a maximum security prison, surrounded by some of the most famous criminals of the early noughties. This is where his life took a dramatic turn though and the tenacity that made him a successful crim ..read more
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Trust your gut: when stepping back can be a step forward.
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by Kim Cavill
10M ago
In her latest – and very important – book, ‘In Her Nature’, Rachel Hewitt writes about what sport really is. The true meaning of sport is not the one we attribute to it today, where people compete  in standardised competition for time, trophies and kudos. There are many definitions of the word but originally, it was something along the lines of ‘an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure’. The competition element came later and, for many, meant exclusion from sport altogether. If you haven’t already got it, please, buy Rachel’s book and dig in – it is fascinating stu ..read more
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The Road to London: my second road marathon.
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by Kim Cavill
1y ago
‘Have you done London?’ is a very common question that non-runners ask when you tell them that you run. When the answer is no, you get the feeling that they’re not very impressed. ‘But I have run lots of trail marathons and ultras’, you say. ‘Meh’, might not be the actual response but it might as well be as their eyes glaze over and they start losing interest. Those races aren’t on telly every year and there are no famous people there, so are they really proper running?! This has never bothered me. I don’t need people that don’t know about trail running to be impressed with my achievements bu ..read more
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When the red mist clears.
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by Kim Cavill
1y ago
There is always an element of ‘red mist’ at the start of any race, no matter how relaxed you tell yourself you are. Surrounded by other runners, you start to think tactics and plot your stellar performance as your heart beats louder and your stomach flips. It’s less often that there is actual, literal red mist though. But this is how the UTS 50 began. The event this year was a behemoth compared to last years’ low key affair. Now that UTMB are on board, the whole experience was different and in a way that made it even more exciting to be back in Wales. From the event village to the staff and v ..read more
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Cavill Coaching Christmas Challenge
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by Jayson
2y ago
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Brave, bruised… Me.
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by Kim Cavill
2y ago
After about three years of only entering and running trail races, vowing that ‘technical’ routes were my nightmare, last weekend I found myself clinging to what I deemed a sheer rock face in Wales roughly halfway into a 50km mountain race. Was I practically frozen, unable in places to lift my left leg and needing someone to talk me up? I was. Was I questioning what the hell I was doing like I did on the Hardmoors 160. I was not. For the first time in a long time, I was completely present in a race, focused on getting up that rock face, or getting down the next rock face, or pushing hands on k ..read more
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Sound and Fury: The Hardmoors 160 Take Two.
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by Kim Cavill
2y ago
You might think that when you win a huge race and you get a sword, a flippin’ sword, as a prize that you would feel really happy. You might think that if that happened and you didn’t feel happy, you were ungrateful and sour. That did happen to me a few weeks ago and, even though there are a few pictures of me smiling, it was forced because that is how I knew I should have reacted. Mostly I felt numb. So why put myself through that when it didn’t make me happy? Last year, in a feverish bout of pandemic madness, I entered the Hardmoors 160. I had sworn I would not do this race, but it suddenly ..read more
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Aren’t women brilliant?!
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by Kim Cavill
3y ago
The Meredith Brooks song, ‘Bitch’ came on the radio twice in the last week while I was driving and I took it as a sign. International Women’s Day was looming and I felt compelled to prove the title of this blog. I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of whether men or women are better at endurance sports, or start a debate about, well, anything really. This is just to celebrate my sisters from other misters and let you all know that you are ace. This is why. In the last few years, I have felt a real shift in how women are being seen. When I was younger, I honestly believed that girls were ‘b ..read more
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The Hardmoors 160 2020: for all we know, we might not get tomorrow.
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by Kim Cavill
3y ago
When the Hardmoors 160 first ran in 2014, Jayson and I supported our friend Garry Scott on his attempt. Jayson ran the Tabular Hills with him (it was allowed then) and I drove to each checkpoint, Red Bulled up and Steps blasting loud. We had a great time, and went home on Saturday morning, leaving him with his Dad and brother. We slept, ate, pottered around the market and went back on Saturday night to take over. It seemed insane to me that he had been on the move that whole time and that we would be with him until he finished in Filey. I walked with him from Slapewath through a second night ..read more
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