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Kielder Water

Britain’s Most Beautiful – Kielder

Epic Journey On Friday 30th September I headed North with Pip after work, embarking on a 5 hour car journey to a cottage in rural Northumberland where we were staying for the Kielder Marathon. If you picture an extremely isolated … Read More

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GoPro – Thunder Run

Whilst at this year’s Conti Thunder Run I did some filming of the event using my GoPro Hero Session. The footage includes action around the course and a full lap using a headcam. After a few months, I finally got … Read More

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BMW Berlin Marathon and a new PB

Ballot Last October I received a text message from my mate Chipper, who lives in Austria, I remember what it said… “If you’re hunting for a PB next year, Berlin closes 1st Nov!”. I didn’t hang around, a couple of … Read More

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Chiang Mai

Running in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Koh Samui, Thailand

I visited Thailand for the first time just a couple of weeks ago in August. Myself and Pip spent two weeks travelling between Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Koh Samui for our honeymoon. After some careful planning and secret-keeping – Pip didn’t … Read More

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Conti 24hr Thunder Run

The second to last weekend in July is always set firmly in the diary as the Thunder Run weekend. The 24 hour endurance event, in the grounds of Catton Park in South Derbyshire, sees teams (6-8 or 5 per team), solo … Read More

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Pip descending to Bures Mill

Stour Valley Marathon

The Stour Valley Marathon, starting at Nayland, Suffolk, is an off-road trail marathon that takes in the footpaths of three walking routes in Suffolk and Essex; St Edmund Way, Stour Valley Path and the Essex Way. Last year I was … Read More

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Vitality London 10000 Start

Race review: Vitality London 10,000

The late May Bank Holiday is when one of London’s most iconic 10k races takes place. This year, with the headline sponsor changing over from BUPA to Vitality, the now Vitality London 10,000 took place on Monday 30th May and saw over … Read More

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Kesgrave parkrun runners

The parkrun briefing with a difference…

I arrived at my local Kesgrave parkrun on Saturday morning following a few training miles with Pete to what is the the best parkrun briefing I’ve ever heard. At the start of any parkrun there is a briefing where the Run … Read More

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Sean Conway: On The Edge

Sean Conway and The World’s Longest Triathlon

Last night I had the pleasure of meeting Sean Conway, a UK adventurer, currently completing the “World’s Longest Triathlon”, a 4000+ mile ultra triathlon around the perimeter of the UK. His latest challenge, On The Edge, started on April 1st … Read More

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Night of the 10,000m PBs

Night of the 10,000m PBs

Saturday night saw Highgate Harriers host their annual Night of the 10,000 PBs at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, London. This year the races included the England Athletics 10,000m Championships and also saw athletes battling for places in the Rio Olympics … Read More

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