Loch Ness Marathon
Sunday 4th October 2009
What a fantastic day! After the horrendous weather on the Saturday it was amazing to have such a calm sunny day for the Loch Ness marathon and also for the wait we had before the start , an hour late!! There were a lot…
Chatooga 50k, South Carolina
Inspired by Manny's epic and with reports that Chas Campbell was headed for the Highlands and he might even run ;-) I dragged my lazy Lowcountry ass 5 hours upstate to our nearest hills, the Great Smokey Mountains - or at least their foothills....for…
The Highland Fling
If the Whangie was the warm up ...it was time for the long wan!Friday evening saw me sorting race kit and wondering how a complete absence of "ultra" specific training was going to pan out. My longest run this year had been the Carnethy…
Cape Brett Challenge
Another report from New Zealand...Earlier this month I completed the Cape Brett Challenge (www.capebrettchallenge.co.nz), a 37km event in the spectacularly scenic Bay of Islands. Cape Brett is a rugged, remote peninsula, and the run is billed…