Pain is temporary.....

Ecotrail Paris 80km (50 miles)
March 15th 2009.
The thought of being able to run 50 miles of ‘trail’ all the way to Paris is something that tempts the mind. This race was the creation of 4 runners who used these trails as part of their regular training routes. They combined forces, strung the training routes together and created an 80km trail race that works its way into Paris, along the Seine and finishes at the Eifel Tower. To finish at the Tower is special enough but wait for it.... you don’t… Continue

DORSET COASTAL TRAIL MARATHON

So, you think a marathon is tough? Well, I can safely say that anyone who ran the Endurancelife Coastal Trail in Dorset this Saturday will re-evaluate that point of view. Yes, marathons are tough but the Dorset Coastal was ‘horrific’ but in a great way.
Mark Hughes ran the half marathon. I passed him on the course twice and when we met up at the end he just could not believe the severity of the course. In fact he quite rightly said it WAS the hardest thing I had ev… Continue

Not sure how many of you may have tapped into Chrissies blog? But I thought I would copy and paste her post Kona victory blog. It's awesome reading from a true natural talent. It makes me real proud to be British.
Enjoy the story.....

OK, so having had a week to recover I am finally able to put fingers to keyboard….although the hangover might mean that I am slightly less coherent than usual! I am living by the motto – work hard and play hard!!!

I really can’t believe that a whole year has p… Continue

LEICESTER CITY MARATHON 19th October 2009

According to my calculations, Leicester was my 32nd Marathon of 2008. Admittedly, many of those marathons have been in training and obviously I did 8 in a row when I did the 8in8in08. However, Leicester was going to be different…..

I had targeted Leicester as the ‘only’ opportunity I would have a go at beating my PB. No doubt I have loads of miles in my legs. No doubt I have run countless marathons. But all of them in the remainder of 2007 and all thos… Continue

To re cap. My re-run of the Thames Path section from Henley on Thames to Staines was a distance of 50k (32 miles) and was the run I performed on my 5th day of 8 marathons in 8 days. For those who don't remember, the 5th day was the day after my Dad had major surgery for stomach cancer.

In April, when I initially ran I remembered stunning scenery, beautiful trails and great views. However, these memories blurred with the stress and worries of Dads operation. I therefore decided post the 8 marath… Continue