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Recent Long Stuff

  • Shhh! Super Secret Test Event

    I recently took part in a test event. Once this is publicly announced I will replace this placeholder with a write up.

  • Windermere Marathon 2024

    Doing the Windermere Marathon was a bit of a no brainer. It starts just 2km from where we stay in Ambleside (we are up there pretty much every month for a weekend) and I had a free race entry with Brathay after volunteering at Langdale Marathon, the hilliest road marathon in the country at just…

  • Steel City 60 2024

    Before The Steel City 60 wasn’t supposed to be my first 60-mile race. I was close to pulling the trigger on the Beacons Way 100k in 2023 but decided that I hadn’t really got my fitness up to snuff to put in a good effort. Then I saw the marketing of Damian Hall and Co’s…

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Recent Short Stuff

  • Two Turtle Doves

    It was a glorious boxing day morning. There was no snow to indicate that Christmas was still in the air but this didn’t matter, the sky was blue and clear and the sun warmed our faces as we waited in the start chute. I wasn’t sure what to try for, the Christmas day parkrun was…

  • Beacon Parkrun #175

    A return to Beacon Park for the last Parkrun opportunity of the year and jetting off for a week of skiing. With the Christmas Day Parkrun at Concord and a Boxing Day Two Turtle Doves fell race in my legs I wasn’t holding much hope in finishing this year with a sub-20. I had to…

  • Percy Pud 10k 2024

    I had a panicked shuffle through the crowd to get to my place. With no speed training or running of any real kind since the 7 Valleys I set myself the target of running a 42:30. This would be a small PB and I felt it was within my abilities. I started a little too…

Climbing Stuff

(Coming soon…ish)