I don’t think I had ever run a 100 mile training week before. I generally don’t have the time, nor motivation. However, with lockdown confining me to working from home, and races cancelled or postp...

Well, it’s fair to say that 2020 has been a shit show so far. Most races cancelled due to the Covid / lockdown. I was entered for the Thames Path 100 again, in May. However training had not really...

The Centurion Running 100 Mile Grand Slam is complete so I wanted to post a few thoughts about the process and reflect on the year, personally. The Centurion Running 100 Mile Grand Slam is made up...

Another 10 weeks had passed since the North Downs Way 100 and now we were at the fourth and final of the Centurion Running 100 Mile Grand Slam races. The Autumn 100. I’d run this race before, in 2...

It had been only 8 weeks since the South Downs Way 100. During that time I had little motivation and didn’t manage much more than a few short runs. The only ‘proper’ training I had managed was the ...

I did the 50 mile version of this race last year as part of the Centurion Running 50 Mile Grand Slam. When I saw the Wendover Woods Night 50K version pop up on the calendar just 3 weeks before the ...

After a great Thames Path 100 race there was only 5 weeks until the second of my 4 Centurion Running grand slam races, the South Downs Way 100. I decided to take a full week off before running agai...

This year was my 5th time starting the Centurion Running Thames Path 100. I had failed to finish in 2013, 2015 and 2016. Then I finally managed to finish it in 2017 in a time of 26:11:27. This year...

I’ve taken a different approach to training this year. Much more focus on long runs and recovery and less of the ‘junk miles’ (3 – 6 milers at lunchtimes). It seems to be working. Core runs were/a...

There are many positives for me to take from my running in 2018, but the reality is that my training consistency and race performances went downhill all year. 2018 was a year of 50s for me:- 50th ...