Hot and steamy Vietnam Marathon ~Sarah Battersby
Vietnam is always full of surprises and if you ever get a chance to run in Vietnam, look for the Topas Trail Race Series. Not only do...
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- Oct 3, 2022
- 4 min
3 Peaks Challenge in under 24 hours
The Cougar team completed the 3 Peaks challenge! Wow! That’s the first word that comes to my mind when I think about this challenge, it...
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
The Lap race, a tour of the Southern Lakes ~ Rob Kenny
The Lap (a Lake District ultra) takes place in the same week as the famed Tor des Géants in the Alps, but it is rather more modest in its...
- Sep 28, 2022
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Relighting my fire at the UTMR Mischabel 100K ~ Nina Davies
The UTMR (Ultra Trail Monte Rosa) has been on my wish list for a long time. I’ve dreamed about exploring this part of the Alps, in the...
- Jul 5, 2022
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Hard graft through the desert, Marathon des Sables 2022~ Evan Wright
Odd though it seems for a 56 year old, 6”5’, 95kg swimmer, there was a sprint finish to my MDS. Kerry from Perpetual Motion Coaching was...
- Jul 5, 2022
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Race overview, Race to the Tower 2022 ~ Helen Farr
What a brilliant weekend! Day 1 felt very hilly indeed with lots of rolling hills from the start, and my legs just didn't feel as fresh...
- Dec 6, 2021
- 6 min
Ultra X Jordan race report ~ Sam Neusinger
My journey to Jordan began in late 2019. It caught my eye and just looked like the most amazing challenge. I love travelling and I love...
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
Running after major surgery ~Jenn Lines
Running was always my passion. As a teenager I would relish the cooper run and bleep test PE lessons which virtually everyone else...
- Jun 24, 2021
- 10 min
How to run a 50km Ultra and manage the inevitable curve balls with poise ~ Pete Davies
Who needs toenails anyway? I don’t want it to sound like most race start lines I have been on where fellow runners start to roll out...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 4 min
My training diary for Race to the King Part IV ~ Ciara Davies
The final countdown In the final stage of training the weekly long run ramps up to 5, 6, 7 hours that, if you are aiming for perfect...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
My Training diary for Race to the King Part III ~ Ciara Davies
Chapter 3, in which the penny drops (actually there is an avalanche of pennies shattering my beautiful world of delusion). I found it...
- Jun 1, 2021
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My training diary for Race to the King part II ~ Ciara Davies
So far, my training plan has blended in nicely with those training for Bath and/or London and (glossing over the week I just lost to...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 6 min
My training diary for the Race to the King part I ~ Ciara Davies
I am a 41 year old tax advisor who lives in Castle Combe in Wiltshire, with my husband Nigel and our three children, Nia, 15, Seren, 9,...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 8 min
The Ups and Downs of Running up Everest (virtually) ~ Clare Coverdale
The saying, that good things can come from bad situations has never been truer this last year. From people rallying together to sew...
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
Boiling metaphorical frogs!
If anyone had told me 6 months ago that I was going to run 128km over 5 days I would never have believed them…it’s amazing how quickly...
- Dec 21, 2020
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1000 day running streak ~ Piotr Blazewicz
This week was big, or was it? 1000 days of everyday running. Sounds big, but it really isn’t... it’s like we would celebrate 1000 days of...
- Nov 24, 2020
- 6 min
Beyond the Cheese Toastie - my first ultra experience ~ Sam Neusinger
I HATED running at school- particularly cross country. So much so, I would get friends to write fake sick notes (I had a ‘heavy period’...
- Oct 30, 2020
- 5 min
4x4x48 A wholly positive experience
Fabienne: When Kerry introduced the 4x4x48 challenge in her last newsletter, I thought it was quite an interesting one… 1. Because I had...
- Sep 22, 2020
- 5 min
Running and Covid: When it just won’t go away ~ George Brill
I am a runner. I haven’t always been. I used to hate it—used to be unable to run half a mile without falling apart. I swam competitively...
- Sep 10, 2020
- 7 min
Thames Path 100 ~ Rob Kenny
A COVID-safe staggered start meant the Thames Path 100 runners were spread out, but the riverbank in West London was busy - people...
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