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Mountain Leader training
Sitting in the atmospheric Caffi Gwynant in the southern shadows of Snowdon, I was still buzzing after spending a week with 10 other “students of the mountains” outside in amongst the peaks, crags and mountains of Snowdonia. Finishing the week in the café following a group debrief we then waited for our individual feedback on […]
Mountain goats, Jelly beans, big smiles and Welsh rock – The Snowdon Skyline
You know you are doing an epic race when so much of it is spent climbing and scrambling past Welsh mountain goats! Following a 6 week break from anything resembling training I knew my fitness was lacking but the lure of such a technical and exciting route combined with some arm twisting pulled me in [...]
The Montane Spine race 2019 – A journey started
“If we must fail, let us do so reaching beyond our grasp for a dream that is worth all our striving. Then, even in our failing, even through our tears, we have won”. Wild trails to Far Horizons Mike Cudahy This past week, I seem to have been stumbling around in a bit of a [...]
Kit test – Scott Supertrac RC Ultras
These are a brand new shoe from Scott and as well as looking pretty bling, they have a lot to offer anyone looking for a shoe that will go all day and not leave your feet feeling pounded at the end of it. Before getting too carried away I should say that I am sponsored [...]
The question of why..
2018 seems to have been a bit of a funny year so far. If I dig into how I feel about it then I come up with the feeling that it has been pretty awesome in some respects but so damn tough and sad in others. Digging into any sort of quantifiable race results, it [...]
Return to roots
The Lakeland 100 in July last year seems like a distant memory in some regards, however the lessons learned from the build up and whole training year still sit firmly in my mind, albeit still a little uncomfortably to be honest. 8 months further on I feel like a very different runner now, and with […]
A Northern Ireland affair
There felt like quite a buzz in the lead up to this event, the Mourne Mountains over in Northern Ireland being a very new and quite unheard of place to me, NiRunning/Mourne Skyline MTR team were hosting the last race in Skyrunning Uk series. The information and statistics confirmed this would be a tough one, with […]
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