Rediscovering the past
I’ll admit that I’d never intended to take quite so much time off from the blog. Or from running. But unfortunately these things happen. Update on the injury Just before Christmas, I finally received my…
Escape from Meriden 2021 – race report
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….
The Digital Delusion (album)
After a year away from doing any actual running due to a gammy foot, I focused my efforts on coaching others to run. And on making music. Now that the dust has settled and the…
Injury update
If there’s one thread that’s come through 2021, it’s that whilst my foot has been refusing to heal, I’ve been doing music! Admittedly I was half-way through recording ‘Beyond the Light’ when my left leg…
New EP: The Fall & Rise of Reginald Fox
It’s not been that long since I released my last full album ‘Beyond the Light‘. And whilst in my head I don’t feel I’ve been writing a huge amount since, in actual fact I’ve finished…
Life and an update
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…
“In it for the long run”, by Damian Hall – book review
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…
6 years on
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…
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…
Beyond the light
Over the winter I managed to pick up some tendon trouble in my foot. As such all running has had to pause whilst it sorts itself out. Tendons take their own sweet time and there…