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Himalayan 100 Miles: Day3 (the marathon)

Posted on November 8, 2010 by admin

It was another early morning with the race starting at 6, an hour earlier than yesterday. One advantage of not feeling up to eating was i got to stay in bed that little bit longer. I just managed a cup … Continue reading →

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Himalayan 100 Miles: Day4 (along the road)

Posted on November 8, 2010 by admin

I woke up feeling like i could actually face breakfast for the first time in three days, i’d slept well and was raring to go. Today was to be a relatively easy day, having come down from the higher altitude … Continue reading →

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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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Kielder lakeside way

Posted on September 19, 2010 by admin

The Kielder Lakeside Way is a full Marathon length track around Kielder Reservoir in Northumberland. When it opened over a year ago I took a run around the first section of the course and I have to say I was … 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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Back to borrowdale

Posted on August 12, 2010 by admin

I successfully completed my first full Borrowdale fell race this weekend. I’ve ran Borrowdale twice before, but never completed to entire course, So this was quite an achievement. The first time i tried getting around Borrowdale, was just after taking … Continue reading →

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Pleasure and pain at Haltwhistle

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin

This week, I ran in the first running of the Haltwhistle Marathon a 27 mile trail race taking in stunning Northumbrian scenery including sections of the Roman wall and along the River Tyne. It started last year as a walking … Continue reading →

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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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My first newcastle park run

Posted on April 3, 2010 by admin

I heard about parkruns a few months ago, but hadn’t had a chance to get to one until this week. They are a weekly 5k run, ran in parks around the Uk.  They are free to enter,  you simply sign … 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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