2020 was a very different year for all of us with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting most parts of everyone’s lives. The ultra-running world was no exception; with no races to be had…
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Something of a self-reflecting self-indulgent post today I’m letting you know from the outset. It’s not an excuse and definitely not an apology. We all have moments in our lives that we’d rather forget. Some…
It’s been quite a while since the last post. Truth is I started a couple of posts but never finished them. The first was all about my attitude and reasons surrounding reviewing races. An in…
It’s time for my annual write-up of the year. And it’s an odd one. Usually I’ve been places and run in events all over the country and occasionally beyond. But 2020. I guess it doesn’t…
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…
It’s a month since I hurt my knee and whilst I’ve been active for most of that time, it’s only really the last week that I’ve done any running. Injury update On the whole, the…
Injury update It’s been over a fortnight since I managed to allow my knee to have a close encounter with a rock and whilst things seem to be improving OK, I’m very conscious that it’s…
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…
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 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…
