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Ed Steele: The Leeds – Trans Ethiopia – Mount Kenya Expedition

November 16, 2022by allybeaven Leave a comment

Hi Ally, I organized an expedition to drive from Leeds, across North Africa, south through coastal Sudan and then transit Ethiopia. The goal was to climb Mount Kenya and Eric Beard joined us […]

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Tor

November 3, 2021by allybeaven 10 Comments

I know this is long. I’m sorry. It used to be longer. Part 1: The Beginning The first night of Tor des Geants, I arrived at the Eaux Rousses aid […]

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Before Tor

August 30, 2021by allybeaven 1 Comment

Tor des Geants is one of those races whose lottery is weighted in favour of those who have failed to get in multiple times. When I put my name down […]

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The Big 6

July 25, 2020by allybeaven Leave a comment

This is a massive blog turnaround personal best for me. “The sooner this is written,” I thought, “the sooner I can forget all about it.” Suddenly struck by the fear […]

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Devil’s Burdens

February 3, 2020by allybeaven 1 Comment

This year was Highland Hill Runners first time sending a team to the Devil’s Burdens. A four leg hill running relay, the first and the last run solo, the middle […]

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Stirling XC

January 13, 2020by allybeaven Leave a comment

I was a late addition to the Scotland North team for the interdistricts. Full of the cold, my participation in the district champs in December extended only as far as […]

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Azpeitia

November 9, 2019by allybeaven Leave a comment

Everything had gone to shit long before I arrived in Azpeitia. Some combination of heat, dehydration, early race enthusiasm, I still don’t really know. But just 50k into Ehunmilak’s 163k […]

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Jura

May 28, 2019by allybeaven 1 Comment

I first went to Jura in 2011. I put my postal entry in with a note saying that although I’d only run one hill race, Pentland Skyline, I was planning […]

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Lakes Mountain 40.04

April 4, 2019by allybeaven 2 Comments

I’ve been having a little trouble deciding how I feel about my run at the Lakes Mountain 42 last weekend. On the one hand, I’m chuffed with my time. My […]

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Ceci n’est pas une race report.

March 24, 2019by allybeaven 2 Comments

On Friday night I spent a while wading through some old training logs. Tatty sheets of lined A4 from sometime in 2014 to sometime in 2017. No doubt there are […]

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