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Today we had a beautiful walk to a col, which was over 2300m. We left the van at one end, jumped in Dan's car and drove further up the valley. It was cloudy when we started walking along a lovely, path around the mountainside, ascending gently. I was quite pleased that it wasn't too hot,... Continue Reading →
We awoke refreshed after 10 hours sleep, packed the van and set off, stopping for croissants and pain au raisins in the local boulangerie. The journey was once again uneventful, with a couple of stops for breakfast and lunch in the sunshine, and one for diesel when, as we hit the hills, the fuel consumption... Continue Reading →
This time yesterday, we'd barely left home and, already we've done over 750 miles. The journey has, thankfully, been very uneventful... Apart from the shocking cost of tolls! Over 100 euros so far! Once I'd finished work and we'd packed the van and said goodbye to Millie, we set off for the Eurotunnel terminal in... Continue Reading →
Just show up... the motto of a personal trainer who I've met recently. And that's what I did... I showed up, day in day out for 7 months and, when the time came, I DID IT!!!! I'm shocked how well I did! I honestly thought I was towards the back of the field but I came in the... Continue Reading →
Since I last wrote, we've done our last 2 long and hilly training runs and there are now just 10 days to go before we race up Snowdon in the Scott Snowdonia trail half marathon, our ultimate goal. I can't do any more. I couldn't have done any more. In training for this event, this year I've... Continue Reading →
Yes... I had fun doing a fell race. Well, perhaps not at all times. It was tough... very tough. The hills started immediately and were so steep that many people, including me, were walking and the scree moving beneath our feet made it difficult to make up time on the equally steep descents, particularly for inexperienced fell... Continue Reading →
John and I were away in South Wales last week. The weather was amazing and, following a great gig by the Manics and Super Furry Animals in Swansea, we managed to do lots of walking and running in the Brecon Beacons, as well as relaxing. The 3 long routes we'd planned were stunning and progressively more challenging, culminating in... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, John and I completed the first of our two big races, the Excalibur half marathon, a 21 kilometre trail race in the Clwydian mountain range with over 900 metres of ascent. As a friend commented on my Facebook post, a gruelling route! The evening before, we parked up and had tea in the car park at the bottom of the Jubilee... Continue Reading →
I've just realised I haven't written a blog for over 3 weeks, partly because John and I have been so busy, and partly because my training has been 'more of the same'... some lows, when I've wondered what I've done entering such difficult trail races, and some highs when I'm pleased with what I've achieved so... Continue Reading →
The Goldrush trail race was the first of the 4 races we're doing in the UK, culminating in the biggie, the Scott Snowdonia trail half marathon. And it turned out to be a good one, proving to me that my hard work is beginning to pay off. We drove down to Coed y Brenin near Dolgellau after... Continue Reading →
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