This is what its all about..!!!
The focus behind all our training is to compete in the Dragon Back Race taking place in 2015, and the pre-registration opened on Monday 1st April. For those who haven’t heard of it before, its a 5 days...
View ArticleA recce of two halves…..
Sunday 14th April saw a very early start to meet the rest of the crew at Hawes which we only just made. After a near head on collision with a VW Golf coming toward us very much on the wrong side of...
View ArticleTraining – it’s all about the lessons Part 2!
Wow. It’s probably fair to say that we’ve had an adventure on today’s Spine recce. I wrote a while ago about how training isn’t just about getting mileage in the legs, or time on feet, and I think...
View ArticleThe recce that wrecked me………well almost!
OK, it was to be a simple recce this one. Of course we’d be tracking the Pennine Way out of Gargrave where the route quickly picks up and follows the River Aire to its head. Its then onto up and over...
View ArticleA nice cool down run after the Lakeland 50…..
Well the team have been luck enough to be invited to take part in the inaugural Grand Tour of Skiddaw that takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend covering 44 miles and has over 7,000ft of...
View ArticleWater water everywhere but not a drop to drink…..
Its a bit of an odd one this week. We’ve got a man down with a damaged ankle and three of us did arguably the biggest weekend of our training so far this year. So how is it the guy not training is the...
View ArticleNav? I’ll just follow the person in front…
… that was my strategy for the MdS, and it worked. I didnt die, or even get mildly lost, despite my ‘drip under the tree’ incident. However, I had a thought that the Spine Challenger would be a...
View ArticleUltra Fueling
Having now had the experience of a few ultras and heading into some longer event its about time I got my act together so far as eating on the hoof. With all the effort been put into health eating and...
View ArticleHow’s it gonna go in the Howgills????
1st proper long run out in the Howgills tomorrow since my disaster in the dales!! Looking at the map route and profile pic it’s gonna be a great test. Stay tuned to see how Chris and I get on.
View ArticleDoing big and scary…..
This week i spent 2.5 packed hours with Andy Mouncey discussing feet, fuel, hills and general ‘am I doing the right stuff?’ The session was filled with questions – and half of which a was hands-on...
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