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  • o.t.s.o…..on the road again !

    Over the past two and a half years, I’ve had a series of running injury problems – hip, pelvis, both knees – which seemed to have put an end to my running days. By early May of this year I had become completely unable to run a step without severe knee pain, so I accepted Read more

  • on the subject of…..Gordon Pirie

    Number 2 in the “legends” series. The subject of the second of my mini-biogs of some of the great distance runners of the past, is Gordon Pirie. Maybe the passage of time means he is somewhat forgotten now, but in the 1950s he was the Mo Farah of his day, winning races and setting records Read more

  • on the subject of…..thinking!!!

    What do you think about when you run? When it comes to thinking on the run, runners tend to fall into one of two camps: ASSOCIATION or DISSOCIATION. In simple terms, association means you are very much focused on the activity of the run, and dissociation means you are (possibly very consciously) allowing your mind to wander Read more

  • on the subject of…..the 3000s final day

    The first task on the final day is to position the cars, first driving both to the remote finish point up a winding single track lane inland from Abergwyngregyn. Leaving one car there, all five of us then pile into the other car and head back to the day three start point at Glen Dana. Read more

  • on the subject of…..3000s day two

    Day two starts with bad team news: Although we all lined up for the start in Nant Peris for today’s 5 peaks, just a few minutes after this picture was taken and only a few hundred yards into the walk, both Iain and Andrew had to bail out for the day. Iain’s knee problem having Read more

  • on the subject of…..the 3000s – day 1

    The combination of SatNav re-routing due to traffic, and me re-routing due to stupidity meant that it was a 345 mile drive by the time we had got our two cars to the start and finish points of the first day climb. With varying levels of fitness and mobility, we knew we wouldn’t be able Read more