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Training for Project 2016 begins!

After the Double  Spartathlon I took about 4 weeks off from running.  The first couple of weeks I did nothing other than take my dog for a walk, to be quite honest my body wasn't up to anything more than walking, it felt tired. With two weeks of just walking I...

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Double Spartathlon – Thank you

We did it!  I still can't believe that my crew and I have completed something we set out to do two years ago!  Finishing the race itself was extremely emotional (as you can see from the photo!) I was so overwhelmed that I had actually done it I simply couldn't...

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Spartathlon kicks off on Friday!

Tomorrow after weeks of training I'm finally off to Greece together with my crew Becky, Paul and Tim to take part in the 2015 Spartathlon - am I nervous? Just a little. The race is 245km (153 mile) non-stop from Athens to Sparta (with a mountain after 160km) the first 42km...

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How things have changed!

Over the past few months I have throughly enjoying following fellow runners taking part in races such as the Lakeland 50/100, UTMB, CCC, T184, LL130 and best of all I could do this from the comfort of my own home by tracking them on my laptop - how times have changed! When...

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Run the Rann 2015

Imagine going for a run and enjoying a view like this? Lucky old me will be doing exactly that in a weeks time. Last year days before beginning my 2000km run across South Africa I was asked if I would be interested in taking part in Run the Rann new 161km race...

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