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Himalayan 100 Miles: Day5 (the finish line)

Posted on November 7, 2010 by admin

By the time the alarm went off at 4.30, i’d already been awake for hours, my head too full of thoughts for sleep. Thoughts about what we’d achieved and what was still to come. Thoughts of course of Lucinda and … Continue reading →

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I think I killed my Asics

Posted on September 17, 2010 by admin

When I started to think about running the Himalayan 100 back in around April i had just bought a pair of Asics 3010 gels. I paid a little more for the 3010′s, as I knew I would be putting in … Continue reading →

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Running faster!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by admin

Before signing up to the Himalayan 100, I had always ran, but it was mainly the odd Sunday morning run or a day out in the Lakes, and i’d never really been one for training or club running as such. … Continue reading →

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Crossing the 1000 mile mark

Posted on September 7, 2010 by admin

Today is a pretty big day for me, for the first time ever i’ve clocked up over a thousand miles in a year, nearly three times more that i did in the whole of last year (and we still have … Continue reading →

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Profiling the run

Posted on August 15, 2010 by admin

With less than 10 weeks to go, I only have about 6 weeks of proper training left before i need to start tapering down ready for the race. But should i be spending my remaining time just just getting random … Continue reading →

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Getting the shots

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

I’ve never been to India or Nepal before, so as part of my preparation for the trip, I booked myself in to see the nurse at my local doctor’s surgery and find out what sort of medication I might need for … Continue reading →

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Just giving

Posted on June 10, 2010 by admin

I finally got around to contacting the Eve appeal people at the and getting their permission to raise funds on their behalf. I’ve also set up an account on justgiving.com, so that I can start to collect some money from potential sponsors.

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Moving the goal posts

Posted on May 3, 2010 by admin

Sadly, I received word today that the 7 tribes race is definitely off.  Apparently in order to cover the administrative costs of the race a minimum of 25 people had to sign up by this stage, but as of today … Continue reading →

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A very big idea.

Posted on March 7, 2010 by admin

Following a holiday to Egypt last summer, when I ran in the desert around the resort almost every day, I realised that there really was a possibility that with some serious training I could take on a race like the … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Uk’s fell runs

Posted on January 5, 2010 by admin

In 2009 i set about trying to see where the fell runs closed ro me were, in some cases the locations were given by grid ref, others by name, or by longitude and latitude. It was quite difficult to get a picture of this, so i decided to try and covert them all to co-ordinates and map them on google maps, colour coding them by distance and severity.
This took far longer than expected but most of the results are now mapped. Continue reading →

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