For Nige’s birthday this year we decided on a long weekend to one of the beautiful islands off the West coast of Scotland, Arran. From Edinburgh, you can drive to the port in Ardrossan in less than 2 hours, jump…
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“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” Victor Hugo, writer of Les Miserable and Guernsey Resident. Two years ago, I ran around Jersey. I went with a bunch of awesome people from my running club Datchet…
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I was unsure whether to write about my wonderful trip to Boston, the marathon or achieving six stars and my journey to get there. So I’ll start with my experience and a 101 on Boston and the World Marathon Majors. …
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I’d had my eye on the Madeira Island Ultra Trail, or MIUT, series for a good few years before we finally plucked up the courage to enter. I’d heard only good things about the races from running buddies, been…
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With our MIUT marathon on Saturday, we flew from Edinburgh to Funchal, via Gatwick on Thursday. This gave us time to hop in our hire car at the airport and drive to race HQ at Machico to collect our numbers…
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