How To Recover From An Ultra

You’ve ran an ultra and perhaps you’ve not had your eyes on what to do once you’re finished. This article will dive into what you need to do on the other side..

Top Tips To Start Running

Starting a running journey can be ridiculously intimidating.  It might be something you haven’t done in years or it might be something that you’ve never ever done.  It might be that you feel so unfit that you’re not going to be able to manage it and you may well just spend a whole stack of …

Running Jargon Busted!

Like everything running comes with a whole load of words and phrases that can make you feel like you know absolutely nothing and you stare at them with a “what does that even mean” look on your face.   Let’s go through a whole stack of them…. Heart Rate Training –  This is where you are …

How To Crew An Ultra

In this article we are looking at both the runner and the crews side of crewing and what they both need to know/prepare in advance to make the day as easy as possible

A Marathon To Nowhere – Ultra Running Training Block Week 2

Last week’s training included the double long run so this week the long run of the week was in a one-er.   The weather has been a bit pants with each day being either snow, slush or the other 2 frozen and icey.   I’ve had to adapt my routes in order to make sure I’ve been …

Back To Back Long Runs | Ultra Training

This week’s training overlaps the New Year period and the beginning of the 13 week count down to my first 50 mile race (The Manchester to Liverpool from GB Ultras).  It’s a week that’s ran off the back of Christmas week (obvs) and seen us go to quite extremes of cold weather and the snow!  …