Race review: Pendle Way in a Day
Once upon a time…. In a world pre-covid I saw a few social media posts about a race called Pendle Way in a Day (PWIAD). It’s a winter ultra in East Lancashire, following the full…
Once upon a time…. In a world pre-covid I saw a few social media posts about a race called Pendle Way in a Day (PWIAD). It’s a winter ultra in East Lancashire, following the full…
Happy New Year. I’m hoping that there will be a lot more activity in 2023. Both on this website as well as on the trails. If you’ve read my recent post about dealing with heel…
Well you’ve probably noticed that there hasn’t been a lot of activity on here since the summer. This is actually a post I’ve repeatedly put off writing. Mostly because I’ve wanted to work out exactly…
Background Back in February I was anticipating in taking part in the ultramarathon “Pendle Way in a Day”. The way-marked Pendle Way path is 45 miles long and, being in the winter, the weather was…
Many of the non-fiction books I’ve read recently have all been around people achieving great things with their running. With all the life stories involved there’s detail about the achievements and the work behind them….
A couple of weeks ago I ran with Peak & Valley Trail Runners on Kinder. But in dashing out at the last minute I left my Garmin Fenix 6 Pro (F6P) on the side and…
A bit of context The year was 2019, and in what feels like a simple world now, I was doing lots of races. And entering them too. Then COVID-19 happened and it rather derailed everything,…
It’s been a long time coming. I’ve not run with Peak & Valley since last spring when my foot was still refusing to play in the hills following the injury in January 2021. It’s been…
Running authors have been keeping me busy this spring. After Matt Whyman’s release in April, Rachel Ann Cullen’s new book “Running for our lives” hits the shelves on 5th May. Vertebrate Publishing sent me over…
For disclosure purposes V-Publishing have kindly sent me “Failure is an option” for my review. All the words and opinions below are my own having read Matt Whyman’s latest book. About the Author Matt Whyman…