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Category Archives: gear
Tyne Ultra – tales from the river bank
While I don’t often think about it, i’ve lived alongside the River Tyne most of my life, crossing it almost daily, to go to work or the shops and quite often running or walking along its banks. Now that i’d taken up ultra running, the idea of run its entire course from its source in the hills above Alston to the sea at Tyne Mouth made absolut sense. Continue reading
Rounding up the best of the Race Vests
Ultra vest/pack designs seems to have come on leaps and bounds since I bought my UltraAspire only just over a year ago at the time I was one of the few people with this kind of pack, now it seems everyone is wearing them, but with so many suddenly on the market which is the best to buy?
I enlisted the help of Jon Steele, Tony Holland and Andy Holohan to help me take a few of them through there paces and found thinks have moved on a bit from the days bottles bobbling around all over the place or needing to be a contortionist to get to your gear. Continue reading
Posted in bags/vests/packs, gear, racing, ultra
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The British Trail Running Podcast
A few weeks after completing the Hardmoors 55 this year, Tim Batesman got in touch asking if he could interview me for a new podcast he was producing/presenting call The British Trail Running Podcast, the idea was that it would … Continue reading
Montane Lakeland 100 – 10 lessons learned!
Two years after my first attempted at the awesome Lakeland 100 – Ultra tour of the Lake district, I finally made it around the full 105 miles to collect my finishers medal. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, food, gear, motivation, planning, racing, technique, training, ultra
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Barefoot in the park
About a month a go Dr. Michael Wilkinson, senior lecturer in sport and exercise sciences at Northumbria uni ran a workshop on Barefoot running at the university. Barefoot running has seen a huge rise in popularity recently with the success … Continue reading
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Testing the waterproofs
My Montane Lakeland 100 t-shirt is probably my favourite top. In fact I like it so much I recently went out and bought another just like it (without the Lakeland logo of course). They are a great fit, they feel … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic, Hydrostatic Head, jacket, Lakeland 100, Moisture Vapour Transmission Rate, montane, running gear, waterproof
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The all new Nike Plus website.
It’s no secret that i’m a bit of a stats freak or that I love Nike plus for ipod/iphone. In fact i’ve logged over 270 runs and nearly 3000 miles since I got mine. Those people that follow me on … Continue reading
Taking the rough with the smooth
Over the past year, my running has improved dramatically, I’ve moved on from coming in the last few places at most of my races to finishing towards the middle of the pack. My 5k time is under 20 minutes and … Continue reading
Posted in gear, injuries, racing, training
Tagged achillies tendonitis, injury, overtraining, rest, shin splints, tibialis anterior
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I think I killed my Asics
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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