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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]