• Kilometre 34 Amnesia

    It takes about three weeks for my brain to completely overwrite the memory of kilometre 34. Up until that point, the deterrent is purely physical. The kit stays at the bottom of the wash basket.…

  • UKUltra – Dark Downs 50Km

    Standing in a racecourse paddock at twilight waiting to run 50km through the dark feels like deliberate mischief. Between bonus elevation from a fictitious hill and managing the mental slump, here is the debrief from…

  • An Accidental Ordinary

    The pub was warm, loud with the usual end of day clatter, and thick with the familiar post-mortems of organizational life. A colleague casually threw a question across the table about my running, mentioning to…

The Runner & The Hounds

One runner, two hounds, and a lot of unpaved miles. Sharing ultramarathon notes, trail routes, and reflections from the muddy side of the South Downs.

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