I’ve had a number of conversations recently which have touched on the subject of race nutrition. It is the bugbear of many a long distance runner, responsible for more ruined […]

I have a lot of respect for mountain marathon specialists. Not only are they strong runners and skilled navigators, they have also developed ways of finding joy and fulfillment in […]

Going into this I was nervous. Until a few days beforehand I’d had someone to run with, then all of a sudden I didn’t. (People who have Real Jobs that […]

Before last year’s Glen Coe Skyline my friend Barry read Matt Fitzgerald’s sports psychology self help guide How Bad Do You Want It? On the back of a relentless year […]

Wednesday 5th July, 17:00  I’m sitting behind a rock, out of the sun, above l’Estanys de Tristaina in Andorra, 42km into Euforia dels Cims’ 233km. Forearms on knees; wrists limp. […]

[Update: since I wrote this the prize fund has been equalised across all of Skyline Scotland’s races. This is a relief, though not all that surprising. As I mention towards the […]

Spring. Lambs gaily gambol about the fields, daffodils sedately sway in warming April breezes. Lambs and daffodils are destroyed by four inches of snow and umpteen degrees of frost. At […]