Spacebuns Runs!!
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! …
Let’s start with the bloody obvious here! Ultra running burns stacks of calories. You are on your feet for long periods of time and are covering a lot of ground. The calorie burn can be immense. So, it’d make sense to simply say YES, ultra running is ace for weight loss but that’s certainly NOT …
Let me set the scene; In terms of the hardcore of ultra runners the Ambleside 60k may well seem like a little trot out. I saw it referred to on Strava as a “baby ultra” but please don’t let the distance of this event fool you, it might be small but it’s truly mighty! The …
Should you be going to the gym if running is your priority? I know that for runners all we want to do is RUN. I also know that people say that you get better at running BY RUNNING. I also know, for sure, that strength training will make you a better runner. I have worked …
So, I’m day 2 post my first ultra writing this and I simply wanted to download my thoughts about getting started, what I did and how it went. The first ultra I did was from Saturn Running and I took part in their “To Infinity & Beyond Event.” I entered this race in September 2019 …
In September 2019 I had gained a whole stack of confidence after entering the marathon, completing 2 1/2 marathons and lost a stack of weight I clicked on a website 😱and I pressed the button to enter an event. A 7 hour event 😱 Surely it’d be a fab way to just have a stack …
Starting on this journey back in January, where I couldn’t even contemplate running a marathon as I puffed my way around a 1.5 mile circuit, I would have been in absolutely awe of the person who would get to running 20 miles within the same year. 20 miles is a LONG way! When you think …
I’m starting to increase the mileage and get the miles in the tank as part of my marathon training. Whilst I’m not up to my highest mileage ever in one go yet I’m only just over half a mile away. This week was going to be my second time over 15.5miles. The first one went …
I think I kinda found out about the #trust10 by accident and after a little google search (other search engines are available but I’m not sure anyone uses anything other than Google or Safari right now 😂) I found that there was one reasonably local to me. The Ormesby Hall #trust10. Ormsby Hall is a …
I entered Langdale 1/2 because hubby was going to run the full. I didn’t enter at the same time as him as it was billed as the toughest marathon in the UK and that slightly daunted me about the 1/2 at that stage. I wasn’t up to a super toughie when he entered. As the …