Endurancelife CTS Exmoor Marathon #9 Saturday 11 April 2015 This will probably be my last Endurancelife CTS event… for now. We’re heading back to Australia on Monday 04 May and there just isn’t time to squeeze in CTS Pembrokeshire on the Saturday before departing. The CTS events have been a real eye-opener for me; they’re […]
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Half empty? Half full?
Endurancelife CTS Sussex Half Marathon Saturday 21 March 2015 Although I’d been running for almost two weeks following about four weeks of rest “forced” on me by an injury sustained during the CTS South Devon marathon, I was still not at 100% strength or fitness. I’d run a half marathon distance on the flat Thames […]
Bouncing back?
Following my first ever marathon DNF at CTS South Devon due to a torn calf, I went on the hunt for a physiotherapist who could put me back together in time for CTS Northumberland in just three weeks time. The good folk at Runner’s Retreat in Marlow came to my aid (again) and suggested Drummond […]
Play another day…
Endurancelife CTS South Devon Marathon #9 (DNF #1) Saturday 07 February 2015 Time had flown by since the shoe-destroying trail marathon in Anglesey. The Altras were only a couple of months old and had only completed 440km so I sent emails to the company in the US and their distributor in the UK. They said […]
WTF is sleet?
Endurancelife CTS Anglesey Marathon #8 Saturday 17 January 2015 I’ve had a pretty good recovery in the nearly four weeks since the last marathon; plenty of time to warm up and get over my Portsmouth hypothermia. Xmas and New Year were quiet but I haven’t done a lot of training as Tracy has been having […]
“It’s a bit lumpy!”
Endurancelife CTS Dorset Marathon #6 Saturday 06 December 2014 Coming from Perth and staying in Maidenhead, where there aren’t a lot of hills, I was feeling a little under-prepared for this event. Just after I’d signed up for the event, Tony Smith described the course as “tough” which made me a little worried; when an […]