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First two day training weekend this weekend; a deflating 21.09 at parkrun followed by a rough feeling 6.5m round thruscross on sunday. Bramley are on...

Nearly caught you WP. Only 19 points in it at the finish. I'm starting to get the hang of this. See you on The Tour!

The guy who sold me my Bianchi told me to remember that the bike industry is in the fashion business - I see now what he had in mind. And well...

X3 attempts at the original sally challenge throughout today. 1. 2 mins 28 secs 2. 2 mins 05 secs and just this evening... 3. 2 mins 07...

Last run in 2019, Edale Country Day Fell Race was back on today as part of the Accelerate Gritstone series. A mini country day this year with plans...

10.2 miles, 2,941 feet, 3 hours 12 minutes: Ambleside - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge - Scandale - Red Screes -...

Weighted - 5 kg - chest to floor thumbs touching press-ups, EMWM for 30 minutes: 15 pairs, 15 singles.

I have only done that once - it was unpleasant to even walk up.

10.54 miles, 2,713 feet, 3 hours 14 minutes: Loughrigg trails, ascending via Fishgarths Wood, going down the race route from the top to the road at...

Last Tuesday I went into my local proper bike shop, Zepnat in Matlock, for a pair of cleats for my new road shoes and came out with a new bike! I...

Pull-ups, 5 pairs, then chin-ps, 10 pairs, done over 15 minutes of EMWM.

Feeling annoyed that my Achilles tendon has shown itself not to be ready for today's race (Carsington), I went out on my bike this morning, expecting...

EMOM press-ups routine. 10 (+) reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 10 minutes. 45 - 45 - 44 - 45 - 45 - 46 - 46 - 44 - 41...

I think the Gatescarth Pass from the Mardale side would be a tough one to run up. Nowhere monumentally steep, but it goes on and on, and there's...

Thanks. I can see a company like Open Tracking hire out event trackers at something like £5 + VAT/runner, slightly more for premium, and some...

13.18 miles, 4,024 feet, 3 hours 59 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - High Skelghyll - Robin Lane - Troutbeck - the first...

There's litter and there's..erm...'litter'. Yesterday I headed up to Swindale to spend the night wild camping at the head of the dale. I've been...

A few years ago when driving home from the last Litton Christmas Cracker Fell Race, it is back on this year BTW, I saw a teenage lad stood beside a...

As you say, i've used them in longer fell ultras (the 10 Peaks race springs to mind).... some of my friends thought it was brilliant being able to...

Nice move Anthony and something I also come across in the glades around here. I do see a certain irony in that the older end, middle aged and...

which suggests they have been removed from Parliament....

There is a small wood on the opposite side of a footpath from one of Loughborough's newer housing developments, with a clear trod through the wood...

After a few days of easy running to recover from the weekend, it was back to the grind this evening, with a grass speed session. 9 x 1 minute...

A rare quality track session tonight, thought it felt quite tough at the end, tougher than it should have done. Straight off the back of a ride home...

It's a rare and fulfilling thing for runners of our level when a course just plays right into your wheelhouse. This is mainly why I mourn the loss of...

I dont believe it and you said it yourself.... "This was a Bank of England problem, which they conveniently attributed to Truss and Kwarteng." ...

11.07 miles, 3,022 feet, 3 hours 31 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route from the top to the road at High Close, down through...

Why don't you believe it? The Supreme Court is another. It used to be run by the Lord Chancellor, answerable to Parliament and now is run by the...