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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

  • Sheffield Half Marathon 2025

    This was a run I had been looking forward to. Not because it was a dream race or I was going for a PB. No, I was looking forward to it because I was going to run with my brother to pace our sister to finishing her first half marathon. I’ve always enjoyed marshalling events…

  • 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.

Climbing Stuff

(Coming soon…ish)