My First Ultra Marathon – Lessons My First 100km Taught Me

Recently I took on the biggest challenge I've ever had in my life: completing a 100km ultra marathon. I've done events that have been long and tested my endurance before such as an 8.5 hour OCR or completed my own 50km at home but this was something to the next…

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Does Running Hurt Your Knees? And Other Questions About Running

If you haven’t been able to tell from other blogs of mine, running is kind of my thing! I absolutely love the sport, especially when you put me in some of the most scenic locations in the world to explore, a new city to discover or a race to run…

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Running My First Ultramarathon & The Lessons I Learnt

Reading the title of this blog, most people will probably want to know what an ultra marathon is and then once I explain, they will wonder what on earth possessed me to even want to try undertaking one. When they find out that I did this completely on my own…

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My Journey To Barefoot Running

In the world of supportive shoes, orthotics and an obscure infatuation with padded or narrow shoes, I feel that as a species we have lost touch with the thing that leaves us grounded and our main point of contact with the earth: our feet. Initially, it’s something that I too…

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