“Where next? Oh, over there I reckon. Right lets go. Yup, it’s this way. Left hamstring is feeling tight, need to keep an eye on that. Need to drink more water. Not hungry, must eat though. Drink more water. Is that a hotspot on my foot going to turn into a blister. Drink more water. Where is the next stop. Ah, round this corner. Excellent. Stop for a bit. 60 kilometres covered....

Sometimes, just sometimes a week turns into a total monster. I never intended it to because I was planning a 50km run on the second Sunday. Naturally I’d originally planned 2 or 3 days of gentle taper so make the most of the 50km long run but as the week progressed it became clear I was actually going to make it as hard as possible by running twice most days and tapering very little....

In the final week before the Moonlight Challenge 2011 I decided to post an update about each day on Facebook. The posts below are taken from that content. 13 February at 16:55 via TweetDeck It’s the Moonlight Challenge on Saturday and for the first time I thought I’d bore everyone with the final week of preparation before an ultra. Stay tuned. 13 February at 16:55 via TweetDeck First question is, how has training gone?...

Race reports are usually boring affairs where you get to read all about lap times, gels, electrolytes, puking, emergency toilet visits, high points, low points, sprint finishes and aching limbs. I’m going to try something a little different though. I’ll give you the executive summary first though: I finished an off-road 54km ultra in 5 hours 18 minutes and ran the marathon (42km) in under 4 hours in conditions that could only be described as very bog-like and muddy....

Well, it might have been cold and wet but it’s still a nice place to run.