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Over The Sea To Skye
Over The Sea To Skye
No ‘speed bonny boat’, nor was there a ‘bird on the wing’. There was, however, an ‘over the sea to Skye’. We just took the far handier bridge! Our first trip to Skye was, admittedly, an afterthought, a trip that was tagged on to the end of our visit to Harris last year. I’m ashamed to admit it but, in all the excitement of taking Harris to Harris, a first trip to the island not just for our son…
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Ding Ding Highland Fling 2017 (Ultra Finish #26, Fling Finish #5)
Ding Ding Highland Fling 2017 (Ultra Finish #26, Fling Finish #5)
I’ve already documented my issues with gluteal bursitis this year. You can read more about those at Highland Fling 2017, The D33 2017 – Ultramarathon Finish #25 and Ischiogluteal Bursitis – Quite Literally A Pain In The Ass or, alternatively, the brief overview is as follows: 36 runs since 1st Jan, and only two of any length, a 20 mile run back in Jan (looking back, the last long run where I…
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#TestedTough - Columbia Montrail Caldorado II & Apparel
#TestedTough – Columbia Montrail Caldorado II & Apparel
I said a while back, when I revamped pixelscotland.com, that I wasn’t going to do any more reviews, especially of product that was unlikely to replace the various items that I’ve pulled together over the past 7 years of running ultramarathons, items that I have come to trust to see me through both training and events, and I will stand by that. However, I was recently introduced to Columbia…
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Highland Fling 2017
Since 1st January, I’ve logged only 36 runs, with just two runs of any distance, a 20 mile run on 21st January and the 33 mile D33 Ultra on 11th March, a total mileage of 274 miles and an average mileage of 7.6 miles (or 6.44 miles if you remove the two exceptional 20 and 33 mile runs). Far from ideal in terms of running, let alone in terms of ‘training’ for the impending 53 mile Highland Fling.…
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The D33 2017 - Ultramarathon Finish #25
The D33 2017 – Ultramarathon Finish #25
A painful weekend, but nonetheless, a weekend which saw me (somewhat unexpectedly) secure ultramarathon finish #25. You may have read my previous post, Ischiogluteal Bursitis – Quite Literally A Pain In The Ass, which outlined my predicament. If you haven’t, well, in a nutshell, it goes something like this: Back and shoulder pain leads to physiotherapy, which identifies a possible imbalance…
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Ischiogluteal Bursitis - Quite Literally A Pain In The Ass
Ischiogluteal Bursitis – Quite Literally A Pain In The Ass
The D33 ultramarathon is tomorrow and training has not gone to plan. Not that this is much different to any other year. However, thanks to ischiogluteal bursitis 2017’s training has, quite literally, been a pain in the ass. Despite my best efforts to cope with the bursitis, and with the best will in the world, I am approaching this weekend’s D33 with a high degree of trepidation. 2017 started so…
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Ding Ding, I'm In The Fling
Ding Ding, I’m In The Fling
[envira-gallery id=”1721″] Despite severe cramping over the last 6 miles of the D33, I somehow started 2016 with a PB. I’d been on for a considerable PB but, given the cramping and the walk, limp, hobble strategy that was required to nurse the legs home, I had to settle for a PB of approx. 7 minutes. Unfortunately, PBs were not to be the standard for the year as, other than a surprise PB at The…
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Taking Harris To Harris
Taking Harris To Harris
We’ve been back from Harris a good few weeks now and, despite this, we are all homesick for Harris. Normally I return from holiday longing to return to newly discovered trails, whilst Leanne is happy to be back in the familiarity of our own home. This time around, however, the charm of the rugged island of Harris has won us all over, to the point that we would all happily up sticks and move there…
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Running Round In Circles - Glenmore 24
Running Round In Circles – Glenmore 24
To say that I’ve neglected the blog of late would certainly be an understatement. The Glenmore 24 ultramarathon was back on 3rd September and here I am, finally starting to write something, on 22nd October. So, why the tardiness? There’s no single reason but it’s likely in large part down to my less than stellar performance that weekend, a ‘performance’ that was considerably below the…
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Dancing With The Devil - I Really Didn't Expect That!
Dancing With The Devil – I Really Didn’t Expect That!
Despite my best efforts at self sabotage (Ice Ice Baby) I did make it to the start line of The Devil O’ The Highlands. Believe me when I say that this is the closest that I have come to the dreaded DNS. Travelling down from Ellon to Fort William on the Friday morning, we stopped off briefly in Aviemore, and Harris was pretty keen to just stay there! Just like his dad, he’s not a fan of spending…
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Ice Ice Baby
[envira-gallery id=”1575″] Ice Ice Baby. That was the advice at least. Unfortunately, late in the evening, when I finally got around to attempting to address the malaise that had all but robbed me of my running mojo since my completion of the West Highland Way Race back in June, I forgot to engage my brain. The term ‘fidiot’ springs to mind, a ‘blog friendly’ description for an act that may yet…
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The West Highland Way Race 2016
The West Highland Way Race 2016
I’m still trying to work out if it was better to approach the start of The West Highland Way Race knowing what lay ahead, but knowing also that I had overcome adversity back in 2012 to finish despite apocalyptic weather conditions, extreme diarrhea, and projectile vomiting, or if it was better to approach the start line for the very…
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Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (& Other WHW Race Tips)
Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush (& Other WHW Race Tips)
[envira-gallery id=”1517″] I’ve had this post, ‘Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush (& Other WHW Race Tips)’, knocking around unpublished for some time now and, given that this time next week I, along with approx. 200 others, will (hopefully) be a good way into the 95 miles of The West Highland Way Race, I thought I had best get on and finish the post. I did have the best of intentions, but time has not…
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A Week In The Cairngorms
A Week In The Cairngorms
‘Fresh’ from a weekend spent running the hills of Bennachie and Scolty, I had a week in the Cairngorms to look forward to. Heading up early on the Monday, we arrived at our usual lodge in Coylumbridge, somewhere that we, as a couple, have been coming to for over 10 years now, and Leanne, with her family, for a good bit longer. It’s a place that feels like home and, locationally, it’s hard to…
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Go Big Or Go Home
Go Big Or Go Home
Go big or go home, or at least that was the plan! Faced with a less than satisfactory Hoka Highland Fling performance, and with West Highland Way Race training that hasn’t exactly gone to plan, I knew that something special was required, both in terms of actual, physical training, and in terms of a much needed psychological boost, with the 96 miles of the West Highland Way Race looming ever…
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A Tough Day - Hoka Highland Fling 2016
A Tough Day – Hoka Highland Fling 2016
[envira-gallery id=”1402″] Well that most certainly did not go to plan! On Saturday 30th April 2016 I participated in my 5th Highland Fling, recording a Personal Worst (PW) time of 13:39:53, some 66 minutes slower than 2015’s PB time, and some 36 minutes slower than my previous slowest completion time back in 2011. I can only be thankful that my 22nd ultra marathon didn’t also become my second…
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Pre Fling Jitters & Drop Bags For Beginners
Pre Fling Jitters & Drop Bags For Beginners
It’s a ‘twofer’ for my last pre Hoka Highland Fling post. First up, another expose on just how poorly ‘training’ has gone, followed by ‘Drop Bags For Beginners’, aka everything that I wish I had known back in 2010 when I first started preparing drop bags for ultra marathons, musings that were inspired by an awful photo of my drop bag efforts from years ago courtesy of Facebook memories! So, if…
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