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Tips for Safely Returning to Running After Major Surgery
Running was always my passion. As a teenager I would relish the cooper run and bleep test PE lessons which virtually everyone else...
Nov 1, 20213 min read


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 24, 202110 min read


From training to triumph: My Race to the King race experience (Part IV)
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, 20214 min read


Powering through: Overcoming the obstacles in my Race to the King training (Part III)
The penny drops (actually there is an avalanche of pennies shattering my beautiful world of delusion). I found it difficult to write the...
Jun 1, 20212 min read


Understanding the mental and physical challenges of training for an ultra marathon: A Peek Into Ciara Davies' Race to the King Training Diary (part II)
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, 20212 min read


Breaking Down the Race to the King ultra marathon: A Training Diary by Ciara Davies (Part I)
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,...
Jun 1, 20216 min read
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