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With a Marathon PB of 2hr 05’11”, how could Mo Farah run 2hrs 39’ 48” and it be regarded as an  improvement ? Age grading – that’s how!!!   All Sir Mo has to do to regard running a 2hrs 39’48” marathon as an improvement, is to achieve it when he’s 65 years old. Unless you’ve… Read more

Even though my legs were still screaming from yesterday’s efforts, it felt a lot easier getting out of bed to run again today knowing that it would be the final stretch of the run. Even better that it was just 12 miles to the finish, and with four secluded downland hamlets to pass during the… Read more

After 50 miles in two days, my quadriceps (and a few other muscles) made their displeasure known during yesterday evening, and even walking was a challenge when I got up this morning. But applying Voltarol gel to almost every moving part seemed to help a bit, and I drove back to Five Ash Down to… Read more

Feeling naturally a bit achey and weary this morning, but once I hit the trail again at about 09.00 from Tonbridge, I was relieved that the ankle problem that had dogged me yesterday didn’t feel too bad at all. Already in glorious warm sunshine under a crystal clear blue sky, as I made the steep… Read more

Because my preparations for a 3 day schedule had been so disappointing, at short notice I came up with a “plan B” which would allow for a fourth day, by taking a bit of the heat out of day’s one and two. A bit of last minute rearranging of transport times and pick-up locations meant… Read more