A bunch of stuff has had me thinking about 100 miles over the past few months. This has always been my aim (100 miles in under 24 hours, and the other major ‘bucket list’ item being the West Highla...

One of my twitter cohorts, @mrafletch, started his runstreak just over a year ago by doing a ‘Juneathon’ – deciding to run every day in June 2011 – and he hasn’t looked back since !! I was inspired...

It’s been a while since I last posted, but the training has been going well. Couple of weeks ago I completed my biggest week to date – 82.2 miles. It took 12 runs, doubling up most days and was rea...

Last week I ran the Compton Downland Challenge, this is an annual 40 mile (and has a 20 mile option) cross country race over the Berkshire Downs. It is organized by Compton Harriers, by Dick Kearn,...

Last week (19 March – 25 March 2012) was my biggest ever running week. I ran 11 times, covering 60.3 miles and burning 8259 calories. I think my previous  biggest week was around 48m, but generall...

A ‘runstreak’ is a continuous period of running every day. If you miss a day then your run streak is at an end. Late in February, on a whim, I decided I would give it a bash, and run every day in ...

Time for… (Photo credit: Szczur) Until I win the lottery, I’m stuck with a day job. I also have a lovely wife and a young family (7yo and 5yo). So things are a little difficult in terms of fitting...

I’ve agreed to mark the Marlow to Reading section of the Thames Path 100 race on 3rd March 2012. I don’t get out to the East of Reading very far or often, so I though I had better do a little recon...

I was reflecting the other day on how my mileage increased over the course of last summer. In May I ran a 16 mile cross country that I had done a couple of times before, then over the summer I ran ...

EEK, it is now confirmed… I have a place in the Devil ‘o The Highlands Footrace – the second ‘half’ of the West Highland Way. From Tyndrum to Fort William. Looking forward to a good summer of trai...