Wendover Woods was the last of the 4 races in the Centurion Running 50 Grand Slam. So far I’d had a decent run at the South Downs Way 50, not so good at the North Downs Way 50 and Chiltern Wonderl...

Chiltern Wonderland 50 was the third of the Centurion Running Grand Slam of 50s that I’d entered for 2018. I had heard reports that this was a great race, lovely countryside and scenery, but I had...

19th May saw the second of the Centurion 50 mile Grand Slam races for 2018, The North Downs Way 50. This race starts in Farnham and heads East to Knockholt Pound. I’d read some race reports and so...

I’d spotted ‘The Beer Ultra‘ some time ago on Facebook – I think they popped up on my timeline at some point, probably based on Facebook servers doing a deep analysis of all my data and determining...

The Centurion South Downs Way 50 was my first race of the year (2018), and the first of the 4 Centurion Grand Slam 50 milers I have planned for the year. The race starts in Worthing, following the ...

So, 2017 was a mixed year for me. It kinda started out well and then went downhill. Some decent training miles and some rare consistency through Dec 16 and Jan 16 saw me get to the start of the Th...

FINALLY !!!  After three failed attempts, this year I finally completed the Thames Path 100. In 2013 2015 and 2016 I started this race and each time DNF’d at around 70-75 miles… 2013 was lack of ...

The Testway Ultra is a new event put on by Andover Trail Runners. 2017 was the first running of this event. I spotted an advert for the event on Facebook in early Jan. It runs from Coombe Gibbet...

The Thames Trot is a 47 (ish) mile ultra race, hosted by GoBeyond. It runs from Iffley, near Oxford, to Henley ‘down’ the Thames Path. After having a great time running the it in 2016, I had signed...

I really didn’t want to be writing this AGAIN. However, after another STUPID mistake I find myself recording another DNF at the Thames Path 100… I’m writing this 11 months after the event. Havin...