The time I had available for long trips meandering across Europe was up and it was back to my standard working week leaving me only one option again: deploying my old practice of heading out to European countries for the weekends to make the most of them. As stated in…
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…
"An endurance OCR? What a great and fun idea that is!” is what I thought back in April after I’d just completed my half marathon and was looking at my next race. By then, I’d booked my Spartan Races and was looking for the next milestone after that. In all…
During the Easter weekend, I headed up to the beautiful area of England known as the Lake District to have my first experience of fell running (link can be found here). Fell running isn’t your normal running as you’re out in the elements, usually at relatively higher altitudes and the…