As with most things, the Europeans like to start their races late. This gives them plenty of time to dress for the occasion and have a few wines before a leisurely stroll to the starting line. I arrived in Cortina d’Ampezzo on the day of the race having spent the last three days wandering the Read more about Lavaredo[…]
The thing with ‘Science’ is that there are so many differing bits of advice out there. I read this article which is a fairly convincing argument to dropping the good old R.I.C.E method and instead only icing for a short period after an injury occurs; it also suggests that doing so for a longer Read more about Ice, Ice, Baby![…]
It was in a cheap hotel room in Geneva that I entered myself into Old Ghost Road Ultra. 85km ‘f#@$, what have I done?!’ I posted the entry link to my Facebook page so that everyone knew what I’d entered and that way I couldn’t hide from it. I’d have to bloody well do it. Read more about Old Ghost Ultra[…]
You know you’ve got some pretty ‘good’ friends when partway through a 25km weekend run they ask you to run a 44km mountainous run on Tuesday with them. You know you should probably question your sanity when you say ‘Yeah, why not?!’ And so that is how it came to be that at 5am on Read more about Tongariro Northern Circuit, an Adventure to Remember[…]