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Breakfast wise I normally go porridge and bananas in the morning before running. In my twenties I was chasing sub 17min for 5K, even going so far...

Slacker.

If i'm travelling to the race from home, then i have a rice-based meal 3-4hrs before, and that's for Fell/XC/Track/Road If in a b&b i've usually...

Absolutely. Experience has also taught me to always carry a small, second, back-up torch (e.g tikka or e+lite) after having had my main nao play-up.

Sometimes eating healthly before a race isn't all its cracked up to be. I doubt I've done a fell race without a decent hearty breakfast - usually...

Wasdale 2016 was a bit of an epic. perhaps not quite so severe as Great Lakes 2012... I posted in detail at the time so won't repeat everything......

I saw a deer in the forest near home where I went for a walk at lunchtime. Midmorning I saw "Aranci", the orange squirrel we kind of adopted, as...

I was there too, it was especially ‘wet’ and altogether epic. Especially having to form spiders with other runners to cross the raging torrents that...

As Victoria Wood mentioned, "that's life, that is, now think on".

A couple of years ago I managed to flip a particularly sharp piece of rock with one foot and simultaneously wedge the other between two rocks. The...

This morning's HIIT: 9 different exercises, 3 times; 45 seconds work, 15 seconds rest; after every 3 exercises we did 30 seconds of squat jumps....

good to know, although i think I'd probably go for the 160 one. I would rather be a little warmer than a little lighter! I haven't done any MM's...

Great Lakes 2012. From the rousing race briefing before hand, to spending 4h in a washing machine, to descending from slight side, dropping out of...

Exciting indeed. I've never seen them in the UK. My latest exploits with my wildlife camera have yielded mixed results. First we had a hare loping...

Not been on the forum for a while, but I thought it was worth mentioning that we saw a pair of Snow Bunting on Kinder Low a few days before...

yes the 100. Maybe 4/5 years old? TBF being a bit cold overnight is part of my expectations on the OMM. Though I recall being fine in it at the cold...

My own wake up moment was during a rescue in Langdale in the 1970s. We had gone to assist a group of yougsters on the side of Harrison Stickle - no...

One local chap tells me he found himself "misplaced" on an evening run and ended up on steps in complete darkness. He had to sit on each step, feel...

I was speaking to a mate in Orkney yesterday. No cases, but they still have the full lockdown measures. You'd think with the small amount of...

The guidance in Scotland refers to staying in your local authority area for exercise. Does that really mean that people in Highland have 25,000...

Another walk with dogs today in snow rather than rain. Much more pleasant but hard work across mainly fields to Magpie Mine and then up to todays TP...

I'm thinking of parting with some dosh and getting one these...

I think you learn more when things go wrong... My biggest lessons learned come from three days out when things went wrong and had potential to be...

I did do it once actually, and recall having a reasonable race. I can't for the life of me remember which race it was though... In fact i think...

You learnt a lot from that little adventure!

Gareth Buffett, who was a GP, once told me that on the morning of a long fell race he would have a big fry-up. He would then feel dreadful for the...

Is that the 100 ba-ba? I have an older version of the mountain raid 100 and it is too cold for me on the OMM, even with all my kit on. Happy to...

I didn't think I had anything worthy to add to this thread until the other morning when, whilst lying in bed in no-man's land between sleep and full...

Yes,very good:)

You should have them put it in a doggy bag for after the race, deserve it then and always tastes better after a good run!