We’re writing our 2024 year-end post from the comfortable position of taking a little bit of a break. Both of us took on run streaks up to Christmas and arrived there feeling flat-out knackered, so a good rest was definitely overdue. It’s been nice to put our feet up for a few days and justContinue reading “Year in Review: 2024”
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Geckowear Socks
Winter has definitely arrived over the last two weeks… we’ve had several days of sub-zero temperatures, 24 hours of slushy snow, and quite a bit of rain in between as it’s warmed up again. It’s that time of year when it’s time to dig into the winter running kit. My thicker baselayer, winter gloves, extraContinue reading “Geckowear Socks”
Backyard Ultra World Team Championship 2024
As we sit down to start writing this, we’ve now had two full night’s sleep and been home for over a couple of days, while three Belgians have only just finished setting a new World Record of 110 yards – inspiring stuff! In the end it took us another week to finish writing 😴 EvenContinue reading “Backyard Ultra World Team Championship 2024”
Salomon Sense Ride 5
Julie uses all different kinds of shoes – Brooks, Scarpa, Salomon, Altra, Hoka (many different models) – and when she finds one she likes it inevitably gets discontinued. On the other hand I know what I like and stick to it. At the moment I have five different pairs of Salomon Sense Ride in myContinue reading “Salomon Sense Ride 5”
Borders Abbeys Way – Run The Borders 2024
This was always a bad idea from the very beginning… when Breaking Strain (organisers of Run The Blades) announced they were putting on a race on the Borders Abbeys Way I signed up almost immediately. As the only one of Scotland’s Great Trails to pass through my home town of Selkirk, it had been onContinue reading “Borders Abbeys Way – Run The Borders 2024”
Pig on the Hill Backyard Ultra 2024
What an epic race that was! But to properly tell the story we need to go back more than a year to June 2023 and as it was then called, the Lionsgate Backyard Ultra. I had gone there as part of Team Scotland, with high expectations after winning God’s Own Backyard Ultra 2022 and madeContinue reading “Pig on the Hill Backyard Ultra 2024”
Training for Ultramarathons
It’s something that both Julie and I get asked quite a lot, so I thought it would be worth taking the time to write a proper blog post explaining what sort of training I do, but also why as well as some thoughts on how to construct a training plan. A few caveats before weContinue reading “Training for Ultramarathons”
Glenfarg Railway Tunnels
This isn’t a complete route per se but more of an interesting place to run that can easily be visited as part of various different possible routes. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been through the tunnels now, but last weekend I went back to take a few pictures and share themContinue reading “Glenfarg Railway Tunnels”
Year in Review: 2023
2023 was a whirlwind of a year! We’re just back from a proper good break over the Christmas and New Year period… including both taking a few days off from running 😱 It’s always fun to look back on what we got up to last year, take stock of what went well and look aheadContinue reading “Year in Review: 2023”
GOBYU 2023
Went to Leeds, ran 31 yards, DNF’ed, went home again. That’s pretty much what our weekend at God’s Own Backyard Ultra amounted to, but at the same time it was so much more than that! Hours spent on the trail, time in camp catching up with our “backyard family”, seeing many people smash their ownContinue reading “GOBYU 2023”