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 […]

This can be a tough time of year. The lightness and simplicity of summer hill running is stolen away by falling temperatures and rising winds. Out goes the dashing tan […]

(Pre-emptive caveat: lists are a load of wank.) Shortly after Rob Krar’s recent win at Leadville Andy Jones-Wilkins posted this on Twitter. I’d put @robkrar’s run at Leadville yesterday in […]

I’m just back from 2 weeks in the Italian Alps. I did a number of things while I was there; read some books, stayed in a couple of refuges, minced […]

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 […]