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Aren’t women brilliant?!

March 7, 2021 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports No Comments

The Meredith Brooks song, ‘Bitch’ came on the radio twice in the last week while I was driving and I took it as a sign. International Women’s Day was looming and I felt compelled to prove the title of this blog. I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of whether men or women [...]

The Hardmoors 160 2020: for all we know, we might not get tomorrow.

September 3, 2020 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports 2 Comments

When the Hardmoors 160 first ran in 2014, Jayson and I supported our friend Garry Scott on his attempt. Jayson ran the Tabular Hills with him (it was allowed then) and I drove to each checkpoint, Red Bulled up and Steps blasting loud. We had a great time, and went home on Saturday morning, leaving [...]

A Lyke Wake up call

July 12, 2020 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports 4 Comments

Yesterdays Lyke Wake Challenge wasn’t the worst run I have had, it certainly wasn’t the best, but it was one of the strangest. If you asked me why, I wouldn’t be able to explain coherently, all I know is it felt….blah. The Lyke Wake challenge/run/walk is well known in North Yorkshire almost as a rite […]

An hour in the life of an ultra runner.

April 18, 2020 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports 1 Comment

After realising today that I hadn’t written a blog in a while – since last September! – I started wondering when I would next get the chance, for a race one at least. So rather than wander down Self Pity Street, I decided to pen an account of my latest running challenge. Like many running […]

Mountain Leader training

November 27, 2019 By Jayson In Race Reports No Comments

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 […]

And it burns, burns, burns….. The Ring Of Fire.

September 22, 2019 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports No Comments

Mountain goats, Jelly beans, big smiles and Welsh rock – The Snowdon Skyline

September 19, 2019 By Jayson In Race Reports No Comments

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 [...]

Even when her legs were off, she fought on her stumps.

July 4, 2019 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports 4 Comments

"So how are you in the heat?" "I'm okay usually. I don't like it but I seem to cope alright." Nothing like jinxing yourself is there? At Endure 24 last year, I distinctly remember saying out loud the day before, 'I don't think it's going to be that hot', and it ended up being around [...]

Lessons learnt from My Little Friend.

June 14, 2019 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports 1 Comment

Curled up in a ball, arms squeezing my stomach, stamping my feet on the floor like a toddler in a supermarket, trying not to shout: this was not the most promising start to my long run. Less than a mile in, and I was all set to turn around and go home. This might sound […]

Chasing rainbows.

March 20, 2019 By Kim Cavill In Race Reports 2 Comments

After eight and a half hours of running, the end was closing in. Jayson ran next to me, spurring me on as the clock ticked. The shallow, steep steps onto the road slowed me to a tentative walk and I was off again, my other crew running alongside me as I grunted and grimaced my [...]