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…
About Strava Strava is probably one of the most ubiquitous platforms on the internet. For the uninitiated, it’s a platform where you can have your runs, rides and countless other sporting activities listed publicly. It’s…
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SETS! It feels like a very long time since I typed the words “race review”. At least without having to preface it with “virtual”. It’s also the first race I’ve pinned…
Preface 2 years ago I took part in my first Escape from Meriden (EfM) and whilst I planned and prepped well for the event, I ultimately came up short. You can read that review here….
I haven’t written on the blog that much in recent months. It’s a mixture of being very busy whilst not being very busy. I’ll try to explain. A bit about work Throughout the pandemic to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
