Middle Pack

I have been reading loads about running barefoot recently. Every way I turn someone seems to be saying that we are all running wrong. Heel strike is out and midfoot/forefoot is the new black. This is the magic cure to chronic foot and ankle injuries. So on that basis I thought I would try it [...]

So what to do the day after a hard AL fell race? Well in our wisdom Andy and I sat in a pub in Sedbergh planning the next couple of days. We decided to have a go at a traverse of all 31 hills in the Howgills that are above 1500ft. This was first done [...]

I had been looking forward to racing this route for a while. One of our club championship races and one that I needed to qualify as I had not ran any of the long races yet. So I needed a good result to get me up in the rankings. I was figuring 3 hours would [...]

This weekend I went up to the Howgill Fells to recce the Sedbergh Hills Race. More as an excuse to get some big hills in my legs than a need to recce the race. I went up with a club mate and also met up with a friend up there. The race route is advertised [...]

Now this was a race I was all ready for! Hyped up for the start of this. I had recced bits of it that I needed to. I knew shortcuts and I knew that the distance wasn’t going to kill me. It may hurt a lot but I was going to be okay.
I went [...]