I’ve been circulating around my extended circuit for a bit, which adds some hill climbs into the mix. But what I really needed was a longer, harder run. I was feeling a little under-challenged. But with

I think I’m going around in circles. On Sunday I headed once more into the hills around Wellington in the quest to build my body up so it can survive the next ultra marathon, and keep me going long enough

It’s a bit cooler this morning, which made for much more pleasant running conditions. Today was an easy run day for a number of reasons. image source 1 – I can’t go hard every day without getting injured.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I did a possibly not quite sane thing this weekend. Following on from my 60km race last weekend, I ran for 40km on technical trails this weekend – for fun. You can check

Have a look at this and see if you agree. Last weekend I competed in a 60km foot race across a mountain range and down to the sea. It was a hot, hard day and after 9 hours and 18 minutes of running, I

The temperatures in Wellington have dropped a few degrees over the last couple of days, back to pretty much where you would expect them to be at this time of year. image source So I had another attempt

Today is Ssatruday, a long run day. I missed out on sneaking in a long run yesterday because the plumber turned up first thing I the morning and stayed all day. image source So we got up early this morning

For those of you following me because I’m an ultra runner and look forward to my posts about running and training, sorry. I haven’t been posting much lately. But I have been running. image source I’ve