How to balance working full time and finding time to run
When having a ‘traditional’ training plan doesn’t work for you and you need to find time to run.
Blisters on the ball of my foot: caused by gait, not shoes
I used to suffer from awful blisters because of how I ran. This is how I overcame them and went on to run marathons and ultra-distances with…
Keswick Mountain Festival Ultra: 50k around the Lake District
Sunday 22 May 2016, around 3pm: I looked at my Suunto Ambit 3 Sport and it read 52km – I was about 2km from the finish line of my first…
CTS Exmoor Marathon Review – Helen’s Experience
I have been missing trail races as the last race I completed was Trail Marathon Wales last summer, so I signed up in February to run this…
Salewa “Get Vertical”: ski touring in Grindelwald
Alastair called me when at work a few months back: “I’ve won a ski touring and camping holiday in the Swiss Alps!” –…
Keeping fit while working away
Maintaining a balance and keeping fit while away from home is difficult: without access to your usual facilities, having your evening dinners…
Bristol to Bath Marathon
The highlight of the race was undoubtedly the crowd support, particularly in South Gloucestershire on the way out of Bristol
Bowood Sprint Duathlon
Bowood sprint duathlon event is hosted in early October in the grounds of Bowood House, near Calne in Wiltshire. This was a new challenge for…
Running the Chamonix Vertical Kilometer: Straight Up the Side of a Steep Mountain
A lot of the major European mountain trail-running regions have a vertical kilometer race, and the Chamonix Vertical Kilometer…
Trail Marathon Wales Review, Snowdonia
This race sets the standard for others in the UK. Excellent, professional organisation, well thought-out routes, aid stations and goody bag,…
Salomon X-Scream 3Ds Review
Earlier this spring I was really excited to take delivery of a package that contained a pair of Salomon's new 'city trail' shoes: the Salomon…
Transgrancanaria Marathon Review
I completed my first trail marathon last Saturday - the Transgrancanaria marathon, Spain. It was an awesome yet very tough mountain marathon!
CTS Dorset Marathon Review
Since I started trail running I had wanted to get signed up for one of Coastal Trail Series’ events. They are run at several locations…
Running Bath Two Tunnels 10k
The Bath two tunnels races are run by Relish Running, whose races I have been enjoying throughout the summer (The Cheddar Gorge half and Bath…
Chamonix Trail Running Weekend
A weekend trail running in Chamonix - some great mountain adventures were in store.
Bath Running Festival Half Marathon & Bath Roman 10k
Bath Half Marathon – trails edition In the past month I’ve been keeping busy racing at some more of Relish Running’s events,…
Cheddar Gorge Half Marathon: one of the toughest around?
The Cheddar Gorge events, in particular the half and full marathons, are billed as some of the toughest of their kind in the UK, and are…
Review – Asics Gel-Fuji Trainer 3 trail shoes
I am VERY particular when it comes to shoes. Especially running shoes, as I suffered with such bad gait-related blisters in my first year of…