Complete UTMB quartet, or TDG?
So the photo above explains the dilemma; whether to attempt to complete the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc quartet if races, by tackling the PTL (Petite Trotte à Léon), or […]
Category Archives: trail running
TDS race 119km
Last week I ran one of the UTMB Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc events, called the TDS, or more formally Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie (On the tracks […]
80km du Mont Blanc
On Friday I ran the first ever edition of the 80km du Mont Blanc, a brand new trail race that I involved 6000m of ascent. This made it comparable to […]
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 […]
Trail racing plans for 2013
So it’s 2013 and my last two days of man flu are clearing at last. First time I’ve been ill for about five years, so a rare ‘treat’ I could […]
Grizedale Ultra 26
Last weekend, I ran the Grizedale Ultra 26 race, the first in a new series of ‘short’ ultra marathons designed to help people training for 100 mile races like the […]
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 […]
UTMB 2012 – Mud, Sweat & Fires
It’s one week since the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc 2012, and again it was an epic. The weather forecasts on the days before the race indicated things would be […]
UTMB: Ready for lift off
Last year at this time, I was a nervous wreck, waiting in fear for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc UTMB to set off in a weeks time. This year […]
