Stob Ban For about 12 years now I have recruited the help of others to support me in various long distance running efforts. To date I have never been a support runner for someone else. So when a friend Cammie Kennedy whom I regularly run with in the hills asked for help this was a …
Tag: trail running
Cow Shed Backyard Ultra 16th April 2022
Field in Wheelbirks farm My last blog ‘one yard at a time’ shared the plan to participate in a 'backyard' run. Decided to do the Cow Shed Backyard Ultra which took place in Wheelbirks Parlour, a farm in Northumberland, England. As Sat 16th April drew near I found myself going through the familiar routine of …
One Yard At a Time
Yard 1 - 49 mins 11 secs This January I got the disappointing news of not being selected in the lottery for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) CCC race. For ten years I have been running other exciting races that would qualify me for entry into the lottery. These other races have been …
Anima Sana In Corpore Sano
Climbing the Aosta valley to Tete de la Trenche (Italy), 2019 CCC (UTMB Series race) I am no Latin student but the above phrase is the motto of a well known sports shoe company. It roughly translates “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” I am querying what a 'sound' mind and body might mean …
Gumption in the Forest?
A new day Whilst in Sweden visiting family my wife planned to visit a relative in another town, Ulricehamn. It is situated at the north end of Åsunden lake, about 100km east of Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city. The idea popped into my head that rather than jump in the car what about running there …
Allan Grant 