Winter trail training
One of the joys of winter trail running is permanently wet feet, as amply illustrated by the photo above. Somewhere under all that mud are my nice (formerly) shiny new […]
Category Archives: personal training
Lakes Fell Running
I’ve been based in the Lake District for a few weeks now, and the running training is going well. The photo above was taken running the Fairfield horseshoe last weekend, […]
Summer to Autumn
I’m finally at the end of my summer season guiding in the Alps, and with low cloud and rain in Chamonix today, it feels like the inter-season too. A massive […]
3 weeks countdown
These next two weeks are key in my preparations for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, with the photo above on my training run today up around Plaine Joux. I […]
More sweat, less blood
I read a great quote the other day that hopefully sums up my training this week; “the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle”. Whilst I’m […]
Monsoon trail running
It’s been an interesting past week in Chamonix, with plenty of rain! It hasn’t stopped my guiding or personal training work, as shown in this photo of Richard today, as […]
Alpine heat training
It’s clearly not a great look to get all hot and sweaty, but with the recent sunny days in the Alps, it’s been hard not to ‘glow’ (like a pig) […]
Decompression technology
There’s a lot of good science behind compression technology, such as stimulating blood flow, reducing lactic, and aiding recovery after exercise. In this photo are some compression socks that I’ve […]
Hoka’s ‘Time to Fly’
I’m not one to often rave about kit, but once in a blue moon, something is developed that is so ground breaking and innovative that it should be shared. The […]
Zermatt Marathon 2011
Yesterday I managed to sneak off after a week of guiding, to run the Zermatt mountain marathon. I finished in 98th place in 5 hours 26 minutes, and before anyone […]
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