Category Archives: Adventure Running
There’s a Certain Joy to Night Running…
And I am not just talking about running through the city centre, with winters chill in the air and bright lights all around. Don’t get me wrong the bright lights of the city should never be underestimated. What I am talking about is the complete opposite. How about the Peak District at the dead of night with practically zero light pollution. The opportunity to turn off your light and just look around. The still of night. Hopefully a clear unhindered view of the Milky Way. The silhouette of the surrounding hills, a feint glow in the sky of a city … Continue reading
‘Sense’ of Mountain Running
Funny, it may well have been a while since my last proper running trip to Snowdonia, yet with a week booked the last two things I expected was Costa del Wales and footwear that made ‘Sense’ out of Mountain Running. I love the Peak District, the running in the whole area is very good with options of open fell side and very hilly trails. It is a good proving ground for the higher regions over to the west and of course further north. Choosing training routes that climb, descend, then climb a few times more, with the corresponding descents, can … Continue reading
‘Going Long’, Unexpectedly!
Funny really, I just never occurred to me that one day I would run further then the Marathon distance. For all the running I have done, it would have been logical to assume I had at some point run further than the Marathon, especially as at one time in my running career 50 – 60 mile weeks was not uncommon and even up to 70 miles per week had been achieved. Despite this I never ever run a good marathon, well at least by my standards. I had dropped out of more than I had completed and a sub 3-hour … Continue reading
An Evening With Rosie Swale-Pope
One amazing woman! Yet some would say as mad as a ‘box of frogs’, which in saying is only ever intended in the nicest possible way. Rosie Swale-Pope is a gift to the world, someone who has not only completed some amazing journeys and adventures, who has experienced love, death, friendship, near misses and some amazing highs and lows in her life’s journey. Yet, to meet her, to hear her speak is to be inspired and to pass through a myriad of emotions as she tells her life-stories. Rosie, was born in Davos, Switzerland and was brought up by the wife … Continue reading
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