One down two to go

The first Bite of the Bluff training run has taken place. Just 15 hardy souls set out on a hot sunny Sunday morning for the 8 mile route. Despite flagging placed by the front runners, several still managed to take short detours, but thankfully everyone who entered the woods was accounted for! Read more

Gorillas in the Mist

Under an initially overcast sky, they set off for a brief tour of Cockaponsset Forest before returning to feast on a selection of offers that ranged from grilled eggplant to peanut butter energy balls. The rules of badminton were tested to the limit and the conversation covered important topics such as the upcoming Trans-Rockies race and who was planning to run the Bluff! Guess you had to be there.

Big Horn – the other perspective

Wyoming is a vast countryside surrounded by beautiful mountain views. We decided to check out parts of the course by driving to a designated aid station. Our first stop was checking out the start of the race. We hiked into the trail and were struck by it’s beauty. Read more

Bighorn – The prologue Part II

Drove out to the Big Horn River Canyon to find the aid station known as Footbridge. The ride was nearly 2 hours long from the finish line and involved the fording of 3 creek crossings and several miles on what the directions described as ‘primitive roads’. The reality was pot hole filled dirt tracks – thank goodness the Chevy Tahoe has good ground clearance. Read more

Bighorn – The prologue

Unusually for our trips to distant 100 milers, we have arrived in the Bighorn mountain region with three full days before the race to explore the area. We flew into Billings, MT early yesterday and then made our way slowly south to Sheridan, WY pausing along the way to visit the location of Custer’s Last Stand and the battle of Little Bighorn. Read more

Can a runner beat a horse in a race?

Originally staged to settle a bar-room debate as to which is faster over a long distance, the Man v Horse Marathon in Llanwrtyd Wells (UK) is now in its 30th year. Read more

Isn’t He in Utah?

El Toro Sightings… Add your own

Running Joke

Two campers were hiking in the forest when all of a sudden a bear jumps out of a bush and starts chasing them. Both campers start running for their lives, when one of them stops and starts to put on his running shoes. Read more

Work, or Play?

If you are finding yourself working TOO early or TOO late TOO often to get your trail runs done, I submit the following advice from a man much, much wiser, and infinitely more eloquent than I: Read more

A softer ride for barefoot runners

Nature News has just published an article about Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman who has ditched his trainers and started running barefoot. His research shows that barefoot runners, who tend to land on their fore-foot, generate less impact shock than runners in sports shoes who land heel first. This makes barefoot running comfortable and could minimize running-related injuries. Read more

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