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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...

"And both BoE and OBR are two bodies independent of Government, removed from the democratic will of Parliament." I wish I could believe that!

Although sadly i'm not able to race this year (i think it'll be the first time i've missed it since about 2018) .... i thought i'd give my...

I'm not so sure Blair took the centre ground. I did at the time, but he was a Trot in his youth and looking back now, he turned this country...

Has Labour actually got any policies that are radically different? They seem awfully cautious given the open goal they've got at the moment? I...

Well, since you ask, all of the above.

10.41 miles, 2,994 feet, 3 hours 15 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal Park, Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge -...

Haha yeah :)

Always interesting to read your views - albeit they can be a touch opaque.:)