Ultra Chicken
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3y ago
Ultra chicken loves to run, She runs around the world for fun. Come scorching sunshine, rain or snow It's Ultra Chicken; go, go, go! Now here's a very silly thing, This race is called the Piece of String. You must run, and run, and then Go out and run, and run again. No one knows quite when to end, S' enough to send you round the bend. But focus, try, and persevere... You'll likely fail - so try next year! The mountain race UTMB Is held each year in Chamonix. In the mountains way up high, It's clucking tough, and you might die. And through the sound of cowbells ringing Ultra Chicken's step ..read more
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UTMB Race Report 2017 - Needs More Cowbell
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3y ago
The UTMB is one of, if not the most well known mountain ultra in the world. Granted, that is a fairly niche category in which to find yourself at the top of the heap. However, find yourself in Chamonix or any of the villages surrounding Mont Blanc at the end of August during the UTMB festival of running, and you might think that you had stumbled upon a big city marathon nestled away in the mountain valley. The atmosphere is, quite simply, electric, with the sounds of cowbells and shouts of "Allez!" ringing out day and night. And the finishing chute in Chamonix, where runners pass hundreds ..read more
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At what point do I stop calling myself an ultrarunner?!
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3y ago
Boy, I am out of practice. Not only at writing this blog (I think this is my second one so far this year), but also at running in general. I hurt my foot in November 2015 (annoyingly it wasn't running related), and it has never quite been right since. It's not too bad, and I still run on it most days without too many issues, but if I try and run longer than 5 miles I quickly remember that it is not "right". I've tried various different treatments to no avail, so now I'm just going to bite the bullet and pay to get somebody to MRI it and get a good look at what the issue is. I just need to fini ..read more
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Hey guys, remember me?
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3y ago
Dear diary, It's been a long time since I wrote anything. You're probably wondering what the hell happened to me!  No? Anyone?  Well, okay, probably nobody really cares, but it has indeed been a really long time since I blogged anything. There's two main reasons for this silence: 1) I've been busy, and 2) I haven't done anything worth blogging about. The last year has kind of sucked in terms of running. I injured my foot over a year ago, and still haven't got to the bottom of what it is or how to get rid of it. The most annoying part is that it wasn't  even running related ..read more
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How to set a slackline up in your garden
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3y ago
At Christmas I was lucky enough to get a slackline from my in-laws. Last year we moved into a new house with a bigger garden and trees just asking for me to bounce up and down between them. It took a bit of work to set things up, so I thought I would write a little blog about it in case anyone else was looking to do something similar. Dog not included. Step 1: Buy a slackline I'm by no means any sort of expert on this. As far as I'm concerned, they all look like the straps that you use to attach things to your roof rack. However, I'm reliably informed that it's a bit more com ..read more
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Belated 2015 retrospective
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3y ago
It's been a while since I really sat down to write anything for this blog. I've even been pretty much silent on social media over the last few months. There's no real reason other than feeling like I didn't have enough spare time, and wanting to spend what little time I do have doing more productive things - like running around the park with my daughter, playing board games with my wife, and sitting in front of my Xbox every now and then (yes - I do consider this productive use of my time). I have written a few things for Ultra Magazine, including an article on women in ultra running (includin ..read more
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Autumn 100 Race Report - Going loopy
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3y ago
2015 was a funny old year, and unlike other years I haven't really been in training so much as just running. I don't really get the concept of 'junk miles' - I like running, so any time that I am out on the trails I am enjoying myself. I'm not really overly bothered whether or not this is the most efficient way to train, although I do always prefer to try and push myself. My routine has been thrown off a bit this year with a house move and a new dog to try and knacker out every day, but I'm keeping fit and getting plenty of running and cycling in. What I haven't been doing is any focussed ..read more
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North Downs Way 100 Race Report - Putting the "end" back in NDW
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3y ago
Well, I have to be honest - I had almost forgotten what the finish line of a Centurion race looked like. I seem to have a habit of DNFing these particular races, despite the fact that they are some of my favourite races to run in the UK. Previously this has been due to injuries or not wanting to ruin myself for other A races for the year. This year, I decided to have a crack at the 100 mile Grand Slam (Thames Path, South Downs Way, North Downs Way and Autumn 100) to polish them all off in one go, but as you may have noticed that didn't quite go to plan. Dysentery on the TP100 (Sophie Ellis Bex ..read more
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Oxfam Trailwalker 100K Race Report
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3y ago
A couple of weeks ago I got a message from one of my Facebook friends, Bryce Alford, who was looking to find somebody to join Team Jersey for the Oxfam Trailwalker 100 Km. There was only about a week until the race, so it was very short notice, but one of his team members had pulled out at the last minute to go and run 363 miles without sleep. The race follows the South Downs Way from Queen Elizabeth Country Park (right round the corner from my parents), and finishes at the race track in Brighton. I know this route very well, particularly having run most of it only a few weeks previously. Give ..read more
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Running Stupid
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3y ago
The following is an article that I wrote last year for the rather splendid running magazine Like the Wind. If you don't already subscribe, and you have even a passing interest in any type of running (if not, what on earth are you doing here?!), I thoroughly recommend giving it a look. It's not all idiots like me writing - some people know what they're talking about! Running 100 miles in one go is a really stupid thing to do. I know this because people tell me so on a regular basis: "I wouldn't even drive that far!"  "Pheidippides died after running only a marathon y'know!"  "Isn ..read more
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