[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 […]

The priority for the Lakes Mountain 42, as with everything before July this year, was to practice and prepare for Euforia in Andorra; poles, heavy pack, conservative pacing and as […]

150, ish. That was my Meall a’ Bhuachaille count before Saturday, the product of a year living a mile from the summit. Easy runs, hill reps, heather bashes, snow plods, […]

Fell running has its share of idols; Joss Naylor, Nicky Spinks, Kenny Stewart, Angela Mudge, Billy Bland. Remarkable athletes, some with remarkable stories, all deserving of their place in the […]

It was never my intention to really race the Lakes Sky Ultra. I saw it as an opportunity to remind myself what long days out are like and to iron […]

Unnecessarily Long Preamble The fourth week out from this year’s Mourne Skyline was crap. I ran every day, but was drifting just close enough to Having a Cold to jettison […]