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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

  • Mickledon Straddle

    After a brief hiatus, the Mickledon Straddle is back! I speak as if I have been awaiting its return, but in reality I found out about the race’s existence a couple months before race day when it was listed as the first event in the Striders Fell Championship. A £12 entry price for FRA members…

  • Hillsborough Runathon

    I attended the Hillsborough runathon in place of a long Saturday run. 1.5km loops of the park with a six hour cut off, I decided on doing just three hours before heading for lunch. It was a well organised event and I do recommend trying one out.

  • 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…

Climbing Stuff

(Coming soon…ish)