Trail running to explore the unbeaten path
With 2023’s races and events coming up further into the year, I found myself seeking a bit of a goal to strive toward in the month of January. Soon I happened on the Badwater 267 VR challenge. The running division is a virtual race across the 3 x official Badwater race course distances, where you … Read more
This is a quick post and update Inov-8 TrailFly Ultra G 280 review which I did a first impressions review of over here. After a few hundred kilometers of running mixed trail and terrain I am posting a mini review update. The Bad I have found that I don’t get the Inov-8s out as often … Read more
Last year I wrote a blog post putting a stake in the ground for a few goals of mine. One of those goals was to run a 100 miler in one go. Before 2022 was over I made sure to give it a punt, and on boxing day I ran 100 miles down the Wales … Read more
Running gives us time to think about a lot of stuff. Especially when we’re out on our own. Something I was mulling over recently was about mountain running motivation. Specifically, I thought about how we’re motivated to go running in the mountains for the amazing scenery and experience, but must always work hard to earn … Read more
In April next year I’ll be running the Wild Horse 200 South Wales. It is a 200 mile trail run across South Wales and has about 30,187 feet of climbing. Last Saturday I met up with a group of people running a small part of the route. The plan was to run 16 miles of … Read more
Hot off the heels of the North Coast 110km ultra I did in North Devon a few weeks ago, I was keen for some more running on the coast. Living right near the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path meant I could get right back into it. The two coastal paths are not too geographically “as the crow … Read more
A few months ago I went to do some fell running in the Preseli Hills. The Preselis are a mountain range nearby to where I live. In fact I can see them on the horizon from our house. Always tempting to get out there! Today I realised that the term “fell running” is not that … Read more
The TrailFly Ultra G 280 is the first “nitrogen-infused” type shoe I have owned. I was curious to see how these new trail running shoes felt out, and so recently I picked up a pair for myself. I’ve now had the chance to take them out on a few runs with mixed surface trails. This … Read more
The North Coast 110km ultra was a spur of the moment booking for me. I found it, and signed up for it exactly one week before the event itself, on the last day that registrations were open. Talk about being trigger happy! Part of my decision to book this in was me looking (impulsively) for … Read more
The Llanelli half marathon was held on the 25th September this year. It’s a coastal course starting at the Parc Y Scarlets stadium, running out and back again. It runs partly along closed roads before hitting a hard packed mixed gravel and asphalt coastal path. Not the kind of trail and terrain I am used … Read more