Eight weeks to go. The training is progressing though sometimes it feels like really hard work. I've been going through these gates a lot recently. But are they the gates of heaven or hell? Going one way leads through into the deer park. Past the church and the obelisk. It can lead to a wonderful world of antlered deer stags, ice houses, world heritage, buzzards, the foothills of the dales, and a cafe with scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam. Heaven on earth. But it also leads to a very long mile uphill - the 'Studley Mile', up to it's very own Barkley gate at the top which I have to touch to complete a strength sapping speed interval. Eight minutes of hell doing each hill effort. Only to have to turn around and repeat, again and again. Or onwards through those gates at the top to do another 23 miles to complete a back-to-back-marathon-long-slow-trails-weekend. The thought of doing it is daunting. Going the other way through the gate is usually good. It'...
Contents
22. 3000 miles of advice (19 Mar 2025) - Top tips from Chris Finill who ran across USA
21. Committing (28 Feb 2025) - It's on!
20. Wonderful (6 Feb 2025) - A fish called who?
19. Odd one out (14 Jan 2025) - A Muppet in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere
18. Carry on (10 Dec 2024) - The Great Reset (Part 2)
17. Heavy (22 Nov 2024) - Existential experience in the gym
16. Drunken navigation (24 Oct 2024) - Tipsy timepiece
15. Left or right? (30 Sept 2024) - Non-political progress
14. The six million dollar question (8 Sept 2024) - Childhood memories as my body adapts
13. I didn't think I could do this (26 Aug 2024) - We can all do more than we think
12. Reset (26 Jul 2024) - Arthroscopy complete: let's go again
11. A Wave of Joy (7 Jul 2024) - Keeping positive despite the knee
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream (18 Jun 2024) - Learning from this year's event
9. Spiralling (3 Jun 2024) - The psychology of ultra running
8. Hopes and Fears (16 May 2024) - I'm keen to get back to running
7. Fingers crossed (23 Apr 2024) - Hopefully my knee sorts itself out in time
6. Sorry (10 Apr 2024) - Charity 2 - Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association (and why I'm not sorry for over-sharing)
5. Patient (27 Mar 2024) - My knee injury needs time. I need to be patient
4. Meaning (17 Mar 2024) - Charity 1 - Claro Enterprises
3. Ticking (2 Mar 2024) - Too little time, too much to prepare for
2. Why not? (23 Feb 2024) - What running means to me
1. Thanks Matt (6 Feb 2024) - I press 'go' and the journey begins
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