No, that title is not a speeling mincesteak, it is a witty reference to a run I did on the Isle of Bute (Scotland). Bute is a small island directly West of Glasgow, it’s a 35 minute ferry journey ...

Just bought myself a couple of new running bits in preparation for the Thames Path 100. I bought a Montane Minimus WP Jacket from SportsShoes.com (£111.99) and I bought a pair of Race Ready Active...

Love this video that Nike put together, called ‘Onwards’

This weekend was a long run in training for the Thames Path 100. I had planned to do around 45 to 50 miles and I wanted to recce the section of the race from Reading to Oxford. I’ve run the Marlow ...

Imaginary Friend : “What this, have you turned into some kind of tree hugger ??” Me : “No, no, no, I don’t mean I’ve become some kind of tree hugger – no, I like burning fossil fuels as much as th...

Well, since my last update about breaking my (first) runstreak things have been going a bit better. I took 12 days off, no running at all and got over the injury – it was feeling better after a wee...

The past few days, since last Thursday in fact, have involved no running at all and lots of soul searching. It has felt very strange, not running – after doing at least 2 miles every day for the pr...

Last Saturday I ran the Devil of The Highlands Footrace. This is a 43 mile ultra starting in Tyndrum and following the West Highland Way to its end in Fort William. **Spoiler – 8:51:05 coming 57th...

Parkrun are a series of free 5K runs on Saturday mornings all across the UK (and now overseas as well). They are staffed wholly by volunteers and offer a measured, timed 5K race every week. The id...

On 30th June 2012 I took part in the Endure24 ultrarunning event, starting at noon on the Saturday and running round 5 mile loops as many times as possible for 24 hours. A bunch of people had aske...