From 0 to 100 – North Downs Way 100
It’s been a long way. Over 4000 miles… 4,002 in fact. And 2.5 years, well almost… 6 days short. Not that either of those facts really matter, but they have brought comfort and reassurance. To go from...
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You You are… who what how you choose to be to see to feel to believe. What others think or want to see or you to be is irrelevant. They don’t wipe your kids tears from their eyes they don’t look after...
View ArticleHARP – Southend’s Homeless Charity, Running and Christmas Meals
As the nights now draw in and the the colder, darker and wetter weather kicks up another notch, it’s perhaps rather timely that the next Charity I wanted to add to the list on this site, and one that I...
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Although I’ve mentioned the charity Refuge briefly on this blog before, this charity does such much needed work that I think it should be highlighted again, and also because the Charity covers the same...
View ArticleKit lists and getting prepared
Fueling on the Go – South Downs Way 100 – 2016 © Stuart March Photography At first glance, mental health counselling and running ultramarathons don’t too have much in common. The first is a service...
View ArticleEquipment Kit List – 515km through the Grand Canyon and Africa
Grand to Grand Ultra 2014, USA – 273km and RTP Roving Race 2014 (Madagascar) An absolute newbie to the world of adventure stage racing and with only 18 months running experience in total, I was...
View ArticleOut of the Comfort Zone – Spine Challenger
Within anything there can come a time when you wonder “what next”. That can apply to your job, your home, your relationships… we get comfortable where we are, we feel safe… the parameters are pretty...
View ArticleSpine Challenger 2017 – Scary, Sublime and Surreal
I wanted a challenge… to be taken out of my comfort zone… and boy did the Montane Spine Challenger do just that! Like most things, a pivotal point in your life can seem very innocuous to start with,...
View ArticleGUCR – A race that can sweep you off your feet – Part 1
About 3 and a half years ago I ventured into a local shop that specialised in stage racing kit, in the vain hope that they would be able to help a very new and totally naïve runner sort out… well…...
View ArticleGUCR – A race that can sweep you off your feet – Part 2
What did I say… pride goeth before a fall… Enter the villain of the story… Bridge 42 at mile 27.4… Such an innocuous little bridge, with it’s low lying curves… looking innocent and very static against...
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