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Finally I think my body has returned to normal, in other words I'm not feeling tired all the time.  Since returning home I have been wide awake at night and knackered during the day. Since wednesday I have taken it easy in terms of training only doing 55k and thankfully was...

I'm back from the most amazing, wonderful fantastic experience of my life and I didn't get eaten by any of the huge ants, spiders and snakes! I am of course talking about the Jungle Ultra. My 2 weeks were spent with a great group of people, everyone without exception got on,...

Beyond The-Ultimate At last we have access to internet, so here we go! First of all I would like to say that the competitors that we have this year are all totally awesome, all making it through each stage requiring very little if any medical help - just a few simple blisters...

Final post before I leave for Peru tomorrow.  Training is done, body has been checked over, bags are packed and I think I'm ready to go.    My last run today an easy 10k with the dogs; Locky my 12 year old lab is really struggling now and huffs and...

The Jungle Ultra is creeping ever closer and I don't appear to be any further along the lines in terms of organisation, well, thats according to my spare room floor which is covered in food, kit and goodness knows what else!! The kit for the race is all gathered together and...

Everyone has been moaning about the rain we have been having, but luckily for me I have managed to miss it each day when I go out for my run - him upstairs must have his brolly up for me! Running has been going well.  For 7 days I run 16k...

My spare room bed looks as though a bomb has landed on it.  Running kit, sleeping bag, medical box,  it's at the moment on the bed and every time I think of something else that I might need I throw it onto the heap, this system works well for me...

Since my last post I have been to Scotland and back and I didn't even need a passport! It was a great shame to miss the Highland Fling but was absolutely the right decision for me to have made; many congratulations to everyone who took part.  HWMBO and I arrived at...

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Exciting news, I have done two short runs and everything appears to be behaving.  On Tuesday I had an acupuncture session which will hopefully have given my Achilles the final heali gpush it needed, now time to get my body ready for the Jungle in four  weeks time. A friend and...