Author: Will

  • Round Sheffield Run 2024

    I had never heard of an enduro format until this year when I was talking to a friend about a mountain bike race he was about to do. The idea of a race but you’re only racing certain sections and then get a bit of a break in between sounded…

  • Outside Hope Valley Round

    I first did the Outside Hope Valley Round in May of 2022. With a sore knee – later revealed to be a symptom of muscle loss – I power hiked my way around in a respectable time of 05:36:42, laden with big bag, hiking boots, and too many packets of…

  • Three Lakes Classic

    The Three Lakes Classic is a 14.5 mile route that begins in Rother Valley. It takes in a leisurely loop of both the big and small lake (for namesake purposes these are treated as one), before heading out towards Treeton Dyke and into the Waverly (also two lakes but shh…)…

  • Shhh! Super Secret Test Event

    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

    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…

  • Steel City 60 2024

    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…

  • Manchester Marathon 2024

    Manchester Marathon 2024

    The morning started early. A 5 o’clock alarm and double and triple checking that I had everything I needed for the day. There wasn’t really much extra to remember besides the clothes I would be wearing and a few gels to see me through the early aid stations before the…

  • Sheffield 10k 2023

    Sheffield 10k 2023

    I have done a lot of runs by myself or raced others but still on my own. The Sheffield 10k was different. I would be running with Fi to get her a 10km PB. Both being at the University of Sheffield at the time, me as an employee and Fi…

  • Déjà Vu Dash – Groundhog Day 10k

    Déjà Vu Dash – Groundhog Day 10k

    We didn’t come all the way to Long Beach, LA, for an obscure local 5k/10k/10M/HM race. We are here for Fi’s Orthopaedic Research Conference, and I needed to find things to entertain myself with. $28 later I was signed up to run two out-and-back 5k loops of the beachfront for…

  • A Mile an Hour

    A Mile an Hour

    Beau Miles. What a beauty. I am a long-time watcher of Mr Miles and a thorough enjoyer of his content. His easy nature and seemingly endless ideas for fun ways to enjoy the outdoors are of great inspiration to me. One video always stuck with me. The Mile an Hour.…