I’ve been running, hiking and scrambling in the Salomon S-Lab Sense 4 Ultra (and the predecessor) for years now, and it’s time for a long-term review.
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…
A Cotswolds Day Adventure
After we spent most of our Saturday indoors, researching vans, insurances and other exciting things for our big trip next year, we needed to get out. So Janneke did some late night planning and we decided to take a train…
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.…
Who says you can’t camp in style?
Who says you can’t have an adventure and travel in style? Last weekend we were invited to an amazing wedding up in the Peak District. Our plan was to take advantage of the location the day after the wedding. So…
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,…
Be More Audacious!
Once you’ve made some audacious plans and you’ve actually gone through with it, what’s next? I’ve just finished the White Rose Ultra in Yorkshire, a 60 mile race. In the scheme of what other people do, that’s not that crazy,…