Belvoir Challenge
The Belvoir Challenge is not for the faint hearted, there are big hills, about 10-15 stiles, and even after an unseasonably hot February, plenty of mud, slippy grass and sheep poo.… View Post
Berlin Blue Door Supper Club
If you’ve not heard of a supper club before, let me explain. Fabulous cooks who want to share their food with others, basically hold a dinner party for strangers and charge for the food!… View Post
Running with the crowd
On Sunday I left my comfort zone and joined a new running group. For some this might not seem like a challenge, but we all have a pace, route and go-to-running-buddy we feel comfortable with,… View Post
A vegan recipe for Pancake Day
Pancake day or Shrove Tuesday is upon us so here’s my vegan recipe for these traditional, thin and crepe-like pancakes served simply with fresh lemon and sugar.… View Post
Sticking to a training plan during a ski …
Steph is back from St Anton, Austria and a week long ski trip, but did she stick to her training plan while out there?… View Post
Finding a new love in my run commute
Valentine’s Day, how cliché. Today I wanted to share a new found love in something I’ve only recently started doing. Running to work. The odds were always against me and some still are, but with… View Post
Top Triathlon Tips
Steph says she was probably the least likely person to join a triathlon club… EVER, but she did and wants to encourage you to, or at least think about it. Here are her top tips!… View Post
February snow days!
On the first few days of February in Edinburgh the speckled snow- topped Pentland hills were calling, but so was moving day. After quite a bit of to-ing and fro-ing Nige and I have finally… View Post
Cross country skiing and NYE in Oslo
From the central station in Oslo its quick and easy to jump on a train to Oslo Winter Park, the perfect Winter Wonderland for a New Year’s Eve first for us both – a lesson in cross country skiing.… View Post
Green Gothenburg
When I tell people about our visit to Scandinavia, I describe Gothenburg as one of the surprise highlights of the trip. It’s very green, a good, manageable size, lots to do, chilled out, clean, healthy.… View Post
A day in Malmö
We had just one night and really an afternoon and a morning in Malmö, so we tried to squeeze as much of this small Swedish city in as we could. Malmö is quite a small… View Post
Vegan in Scandinavia
I had a lot of recommendations from friends and family before we left for our honeymoon about places to eat when we were on holiday. In the past, some of my fondest memories about traveling… View Post
Cliveden Cross Country 10k
A huge thanks to Steph who shares her incredible race story from last weekends cross country – Cliveden House is infamous, for my parents it’s the Profumo Affair, for my friends it’s for the seemingly… View Post
Christmas Day in Tivoli Gardens
Our second day in Copenhagen was Christmas Day! After a morning run around the trails of Christianshavn and along to see the Opera House, we had a late breakfast at the hotel before wrapping up… View Post
Christmas in Copenhagen
After getting married in September after almost six years together, we finally spent Christmas together and flew off on our honeymoon on Christmas Eve morning. Nige and I have always spent Christmas with our own… View Post
Moving everyday until Christmas
A few years ago I took part in the running streak called Advent Running – running everyday of Advent for at least 25 minutes or 5km – but I found that towards the end of… View Post
New York Marathon Eats and Treats
So, you’ve got a place at New York Marathon? Heading to NYC over the festive period? Steph has it all for you – What’s the first thing I planned? The food! Eat The Sutton Inn… View Post
Post-ultra recovery week
After a heavy weekend in the Peak District I went on full recovery mode last week and tried my best to look after myself. I scheduled in lots of rest, yoga, good food and easy… View Post
My first multi-day ultramarathon: Peak District South to …
No one wants to read about every step of a 62 mile race but I learnt a good few lessons running my first back-to-back ultramarathon that I hope will be useful to some. The photo… View Post
Could I run a back-to-back ultramarathon?
If you’re a regular around here you’ll know one of my favourite distances to race is a 50km trail. There’s something just a little special about those few miles over marathon distance that give me… View Post
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