Race Reports

NAMIBIAN DESERT CHALLENGE 2010  The Namibian Desert Challenge is a 220km 5 day self sufficiency staged race in the Sossusvlei area of Namibia, which takes in mountains, sand dunes, Canyons, Water crossings, games, intense heat and campsites in some beautiful locations. The training was now done – or lack of it in...

The Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR) is a 145 mile (233km) nonstop race from Gas Street Basin in Birmingham to Little Venice in London it’s the longest annual running event in the UK. Competitors have to complete the race in 45 hours and must reach Navigation Bridge (halfway) in 19 hours...

Nicole, Ryan, Hector (the dog) and myself headed up to the Lake District on the 12th June for our two day recce of the last section of the Lakeland 100. The weather was going to be good for the couple of days we were training, which always makes a difference.  After...

Let me describe to you this AWESOME race.  The UTMB (as it is lovingly nick named) is a 166km (104 mile) race starting and finishing in Chamonix.  It covers 3 Countries, France, Italy and Switzerland, there is more than 9,400m of positive ascent, all of which has to be completed...

11 to 15 July 2011 My first taste of the Badwater Ultra Marathon was in 2005 when my goal was to try and complete the race in less than 48 hours to get the coveted Badwater Buckle and if that was out of my reach I would have been very happy...

The Glenmore 24hour Trail race was held on 3rd September in the Highlands of Scotland in the Cairngorm National Park, just outside Aviemore.  There was a 12 hour or 24 hour option running round a 4-mile course doing as many laps as you could within the allotted time.  The race started at midday...

On the 28th September I headed out to Greece along with my husband to take part in the 29th running of the Spartathlon. In 2004 I met John Foden who came up with the idea for this race, he said I should give it a go, I remember telling him that...