Jinxed? Or just stupid?
Some runs simply don’t go to plan … but this one was in a bit of a class of its own. Was I jinxed? Or was this my own stupidity – coupled with a steep learning curve? Not a bad start to the day, all...
View ArticlePoetic Ultra: Some Rhyme, No Reason
by Amanda Hyatt (12/7/2012) You’ve got to be utterly nuts, you know, You’ve got to be utterly nuts, To choose to do an ultra-run, And claim that it’ll be hard but fun? You’ve got to be utterly nuts....
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High Peaks 40 Mile Challenge 2012
(Post-script: I’m laughing my head off as I realise I’m writing this tale of woes and troubles while beside my laptop is a copy of my current read: Scott Jurek’s Eat and Run http://scottjurek.com/ …...
View ArticleThe right kind of support …
During September’s High Peaks 40-mile ultra marathon I had the amazing fortune to run alongside an inspirational lady called Kelly T (I’ll keep the surname back just in case). Kelly left me in total...
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Of inspiration, motivation and Hokas
‘Run with your eyes closed.’ So says Kilian Jornet (article in Trail Running magazine – Oct/Nov 2012). Come on. Really? That made me truly laugh out loud. I mean, what planet is he living on? Well,...
View ArticleDonning my SIU hat – 10 weeks to Pilgrim
It is time to catch up, get a grip, suck it up and do whatever it takes. The Pilgrim Challenge is, in training terms, just around the corner. I think this might be an early mistake of mine for the new...
View ArticleMY RUNNING LEGS HAVE ARRIVED – WAHAY!
So my first week back to any semblance of running has been interesting, to say the least. As described in an earlier post, during one session I had to throw in a surprise sprint interval in order to...
View ArticleOf Pilgrims and Plans …
It’s some ridiculously small single-figure number of weeks until Pilgrim Challenge so yes, panic is setting in but it’s not all bad news, it’s just bedlam. Last time I wrote I’d just discovered I had...
View ArticlePILGRIM’S (LACK OF) PROGRESS
Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will! - Yup! It’s true! PILGRIM’S (LACK OF) PROGRESS A TRAGI-COMEDY IN TWO ACTS Setting: The North Downs Way Prologue I had a feeling I might be...
View ArticleNew Forest Running Festival – 50 km race
10 March 2013 A 9 a.m. start gun for the New Forest Running Festival 50 km trail race (http://nakedstrength.co.uk/events/the-new-forest-running-festival-2014/) meant a 4.30 a.m. start from Brighton but...
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Inside my marathon head …
Welcome to the weird (and scary) world that is INSIDE MY HEAD!! If you want to know how to train for an ultra – or how to run a marathon – then may I direct you swiftly AWAY from this blog?? If,...
View ArticleDo better. Try harder. Go further.
My 2013 running year has been plagued with injuries; minor injuries (phew!) that coach Ian Corless (thank you!) assures me have been ‘sent to test me’. Well, I’ve been tested a-plenty. Time for the...
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New Forest HM – My Race My Way
I’d love to know what it feels like to run fast. I really would. But meanwhile (like that’s going to change??), I’m destined to work with what I’ve got. At 51 and late to running there are quite a few...
View ArticleCOACH v. GENERALISED TRAINING PLAN (GTP)
Questions I used to ask/worry about before, during and after every run: I’ve found three plans which will prepare me for my next race. They all have different work loads. Should I do the easier-looking...
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A Runner’s Plea (when the demons come calling)
A Runner’s Plea (when the demons come calling) *** Please remember, don’t forget, That when this runner’s face is wet With tears, mid-race, of fear (or worse), The help I need is in this verse … ‘Poor...
View ArticleIsle of Wight 50km Challenge 23 August 2014
Last-minute run-up to this was slightly thought-provoking. Shouldn’t races be social events, a time to get together with like-minded friends and strangers and enjoy some healthy competition? Yet I...
View ArticleHigh Peaks 40 Mile Challenge – 20 September 2014
SUPERVET LADIES – 3RD PLACE - x hours and x minutes!! Oh, all right, we all know how I wangled that one. Hyatt tortoise pace does NOT ‘win’ podium places unless … unless I’m merely beating everyone who...
View ArticlePILGRIM CHALLENGE THE RETURN (2015)
31 January/1 February Reading on fabulosity scale: 10 Level of awesomeness feelingness: 10 Muddiness: 10 Conqueredliness: 10 Meltdowns: ZERO State of feet: Pass Did I mention that I had quite a good...
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Back to the trails: SBU35 (UKan Trail)
‘You’re running from Keswick to where?’ ‘Back to here.’ ‘Where?’ ‘Back to here.’ ‘Never heard of it!’ My introduction to St Bees was both challenging and entertaining! Thought I’d landed in an...
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The Cotswold Way 100 Mile Run
It wasn’t really in my plan to bore anyone to tears with yet another ‘race report’ that’s only really of interest to the person writing it, but I suppose that since the Cotswold Way 100 Mile Run...
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