Cotswold Rocks my Running World
As I strode along, enjoying the wind on my face, the sun on my skin and the rhythm of my breath I started to mentally undress myself! Not in an attempt to achieve a truly minimalist approach...
The 12 Days of Crossmax..
The 12 days of Crossmax.. On the 1st day of Crossmax my new loves gave to me Kevlar quick laces with friction free eyelets and a lace pocket for quick trouble free lacing. On the 2nd...
The Human Ice Cube live & breathes..but only just!
Undeterred by my poor time keeping effort the 1st time around (see from Hero to Zero blog) I squared up for my 2nd Solo Adventure Race in the South Pennines, Bacup (said Back Up) with a watch...
Cotswold Dogs - We Get Out There.
Up here in the Lake District dogs are a very important part of our lives. They run with us, walk with us, go to the pub with us and a few lucky ones get to work with us. Sky, Jazzy and Charlie have...
From Hero to Zero..in 6 hours
My first solo Adventure Race started at stupid o’clock in the morning (4am) and ended at 9pm. It was the Haglofs Open 5 series (note the 5 – it’s key to the story)I’ve done...
Things you can do in 2 hours & 20 minutes..for fun!
In 2 hours 20 minutes you can watch the movie 'A Time to Die', you can cook a Texan Chili, you can count 8400 seconds and you can run the Keswick Half Marathon. When asked, after the run, what...
Musings of a Shop Assistant - do you pick your waterproof jacket or does it pick you?
When you walk into an outdoor shop the choice of jackets can be overwhelming and the perfect jacket could be there but how do you know? ‘Has your jacket already picked you” I spend a...
Bagging The Ben with MacLeod and McAleese
It goes something a little like this... Customer - "Hi there I'm looking to buy some trousers for Winter walking, what would you recommend?" Me - "Well, when I was in Scotland last week, on the top of...
