We’d had our eye on the John Lucas Memorial Ultra for a while – at 46 miles it’s a good ‘mid-length’ ultra and would make a good event for someone looking to step up from 50k. We’d thought about running the full distance together, but in the end we opted to run as a pair.Continue reading “John Lucas Memorial Ultra 2021”
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St Cuthbert’s Way 100k Ultra 2021
Where to start? An absolutely brilliant race – well organised, a fantastic, beautiful and challenging route, and the surprise bonus of being first female finisher 🥇 I was really, really nervous before this race. Life had meant I hadn’t been able to run as many long runs as I would have liked and had onlyContinue reading “St Cuthbert’s Way 100k Ultra 2021”
Full Tilt Ultra 60k
After Julie’s 30k, our second event at the Blair Castle Trail Weekender was the 60k “Full Tilt” Ultra. Originally advertised as 58k, some last minute course changes added a couple of km, but the main challenge was going to be the climbing and the weather conditions. The first half of the route was the sameContinue reading “Full Tilt Ultra 60k”
Northumberland Ultra 2021
It’s now 3 days after the Northumberland Ultra and the legs are feeling a lot better – we’ve both managed a couple of shortish runs! We had a fun but hard run, finishing 63rd and 64th out of 153 starters (139 finishers). We didn’t quite hit our 6hr 30min target but managed 6hr 42min –Continue reading “Northumberland Ultra 2021”
Northumberland Ultra: Pre-race prep
Our first race of the year (and my first race in 2 years) is this Saturday. Postponed from February I finally get to run the 36 mile Northumberland Ultra with Iain 😍 And I am a little nervous…I am as prepared as I can be and know I can run the distance – the bigContinue reading “Northumberland Ultra: Pre-race prep”