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This is the time of year when many people are training for their first marathon. So here are my 10 easy tips to running a faster marathon time. It’s not aimed at expert runners, nor is it for people who only want to cross the finish line. The list is for people like me – [...]
I’m in the fast lane of the motorway, zipping past all the souls in less of a hurry than me. The winter sky is blue and sharply cold. But I have the window wide open. I am relishing the noisy buffeting of the freezing air. The cold gale flays my post-race, glowing face and feels [...]
I’m wallowing in the lovely self-indulgent idleness that comes after a decent bout of exercise. I watched the rugby on TV this afternoon from a soft sofa with a large red wine, and now I’m eating chocolate biscuits and drinking tea in anticipation of this evening’s Chinese Takeaway and Match of the Day.
This morning was [...]
“There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, then perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less” – Kurt Hahn
The UK’s longest ever non-stop running race is the Thames Ring 250. 250 miles, to be completed within 100 hours. [...]
This weekend saw the annual Tough Guy race take place. I ran the race a couple of years ago and it is one of the most stupid, entertaining, cold ways to spend a Sunday yet devised. Highly recommended. Sign up here. Mankini optional.
“A few hours’ mountain climbing turns a rogue and a saint into two roughly equal creatures. Weariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity – and liberty is finally added by sleep.” – Nietzsche
…during which I ponder whether anyone in the land was voluntarily having less fun than we were at that time.
The last time I descended by night from a mountain in the Lake District I watched the slow arc and colourful burst of distant, silent fireworks as I ran. It was Guy Fawkes’ night and we galloped jubilantly down soft grass towards the pub. Our training for the Bob Graham Round was going well.
A month [...]
Ben and I are currently training for the Bob Graham Round. Here’s a brief introductory video we put together after our first training recce.
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Alastair spent 4 years cycling 46,000 miles round the world, a journey described as "the first great adventure of the new millennium". He is currently training for SOUTH, the first unsupported return journey to the South Pole. Click here to read more.
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