Trail running kit
One of the questions I regularly get asked by runners wanting to go off-road into trail running is about kit. There is something of a disparity about the kit that people have in mind to…
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Getting a GPX file from your run
In a year of virtual races I’ve had a number of times when I’ve been asked to forward the GPX data file to the organiser so they can update their results. Whilst it’s not a…
EfM: Day Release – (Virtual) race report
12 months ago I had the opportunity to take part in probably the most mad race going in the UK. Escape from Meriden (EfM) has a prison-break concept from the sleepy village of Meriden in…
A post-lockdown catch-up
In many ways I wanted to have a little pause after the last of the lockdown narratives I’ve put together. Partly because there was a risk of sounding like a stuck record in a virtual…
Can we have our nice weather back? Please?
In true British style, it was the weather that formed the main talking point this week. For many weeks we’ve had pretty decent and warm weather for long stretches. Which, in the locked-down world was…
The start of summer 2020
Hasn’t the time shifted by this year? Despite many people’s lives seemingly being put on hold due to the COVID-19 it seems bizarre that in the last week we had passed by the Summer Solstice…
90 days, recovery and return of the tortoises
90 days since lockdown Today is the 90th since lockdown was imposed in the UK on 23 March 2020. As of this weekend it appears that the Government have reduced the risk level in the…
UK Lockdown to day 83: burial grounds, marathons and Beethoven
It’s been quite a week. From having trained alone for many weeks it’s been nice to run with a group again through to running a virtual ultramarathon on the road. Day 77 The day started…
The week up to Day 76: all change
This week hasn’t been the smoothest of lockdown. I think that’s probably the best thing I can say about this week. And yes a few things have changed. Website changes I’ve been a bit concerned…
69 Days and the UK lockdown loosens a bit more
It’s been another warm and dry week in the UK (and especially Manchester where that ball of fire in the sky isn’t seen as often as it might be). The weather has been great to…