Ever since I got into mountainbiking almost 20 years ago (fuck, I’m getting old) I wanted to go and see a downhill world cup race live and in real life. It never worked out with the dates. Someones wedding or…
My half marathon diaries
A brief look back at the half marathons I’ve taken part in over the last 3 years. The first Resolution Richmond – 30/03/2014 Time: 2.11.45 Getting to my first half marathon was quite a challenge. Turns out Brooklands race track is…
Rab Mountain Marathon 2016
Getting to this year’s Rab Mountain Marathon was a bit of a mission. Because Janneke had a presentation to give late Friday afternoon, I drove the rental car up to Doncaster and she hopped on a train to meet me there. Due…
Rab Mountain Marathon – Everything You Need to Know
So what is the Rab Mountain Marathon, what do you need to know and why should you do a mountain marathon? The RMM is an orienteering, fell running event in the mountains somewhere in the UK (the location changes every…
Lakes Sky Ultra – Race Day
Soooo… the Lakes Sky Ultra. Ultra steep. Ultra technical. Ultra hard. Ultra beautiful. Ultra awesome. But let me start from the beginning. I was pretty apprehensive the week before the race. More so than before any other race I’ve done.…
Lakes Sky Ultra Recce
Luckily I had booked last weekend in for some mountain adventures for a long time. I definitely needed to blow off some steam after the EU referendum results were announced on Friday. So I left work early on Friday afternoon,…
My Marathon Journey
After getting my place on the marathon running for Plan International in October last year, I got myself very excited and read lots of blogs about the proper ways to prepare for a marathon – the training plans, the nutrition, the…
Rome Alone – a solo trip sightseeing and running in Italy’s capital
Rome has always been one of those places hovering on the edge of my list…My parents went about 10 years ago and got robbed twice in a weekend, which never really shouted dream destination to me. It’s also one of…
Action Challenge review
Action Challenge is a company that organises a number of challenge events all over the world. Amongst other challenges, you can join them to climb Kilimanjaro, cycle from London to Paris or various walking challenges across the UK and overseas.…