Journeys by hiking, running, cycling and touring
My "training camp" at the start of the month had set me well on the way to being ready for my last trail race of the year, and about 10 days before the event itself, I went out on my usual North Downs stomping ground for the final pre-race long run, notching up 21.6km and … Continue reading Beachy Head Half Marathon
A familiar pattern has emerged over the last couple of years: I'll have plans or intentions to head for the hills, and the weather makes it not worth going, so I end up doing something closer to home, and often on the South Downs. This time the plan was originally to walk the Snowdonia Way, … Continue reading A Few Days on the South Downs…Yet Again
Three weeks after the Giant's Head half marathon, and it was time for "the big one" - Race to the Stones. This was the second event added to my 2026 calendar, way back in October 2025, and inspired by watching a YouTube video: I'd previously been unaware of it. So I watched that video, and … Continue reading Race to the Stones
No not that one... Things have been quiet on here recently for a couple of reasons: firstly I was planning and then going on a 3 week road trip around the Scottish Isles, which has taken a while to digest and work out how to write it up; and secondly, I've been deep in the … Continue reading Visiting the Giant
Running-wise 2025 has really been about one thing - the Brighton marathon. Training for this started in November 2024 and the race was in early April 2025, meaning I did very little else in the first quarter apart from training for it. Along the way, I ran a half marathon PB in Victoria Park in … Continue reading 2025 in Running