UTMB
The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: The Cotswold Way Ultra Challenge
Another weekend, another two-day blast as my training intensifies for the UTMB – now only four-and-a-half months away. This time I headed west for XNRG’s brilliantly organised Cotsworld Way Ultra-marathon. It took in 60 miles of the 102-mile national trail which runs from Chipping Campden in the north to Bath in the south.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Wednesday, 10 April 2013 at 5:16 pm
The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: Running in your lunch break
Lunchtime running. Work takes up so much time that it can be difficult to fit in the training. One way round this that I’ve found is to run in my lunch break. If there’s time to go to the pub, there’s definitely time for a run.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Thursday, 4 April 2013 at 2:36 pm
The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc: The Hastings Half Marathon
Running events take you all over the country and perhaps to somewhere you wouldn’t usually choose to visit for a weekend – this time it was Hastings for the annual half marathon.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Thursday, 28 March 2013 at 12:25 pm
The Road to the North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc – The mecca of Richmond Park
Up until the age of eight, I lived on the edge of Richmond Park and thought it was the size of a small country. We walked the dog there and I thought I’d circumnavigated the globe. We moved away, I grew up, went to college and for years I did very little exercise. Richmond Park was forgotten.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Tuesday, 5 March 2013 at 3:32 pm
The Road to the North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: Motivation
This weekend’s training felt like a hard slog and merely a means to an end. It involved a three-hour crisscrossing of Richmond Park in the rain and I didn’t really enjoy it.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Monday, 11 February 2013 at 5:53 pm
The fun running blog: Mud, mud, glorious mud – The Pilgrim Challenge
Mud, mud, glorious mud. Apparently there’s ‘nothing quite like it for cooling the blood’ – if you’re a hippopotamus but if you’re a runner taking part in this weekend’s Pilgrim Challenge North Downs Multistage Ultra then it almost stopped you in your tracks
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Monday, 4 February 2013 at 3:44 pm
The fun running blog: Journey to the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB)
I am a ‘fun runner’ with one steady pace, reasonable stamina and a lot of stubborn determination. A perfect combination for ultra marathons – which is classed as anything over the standard 26.2 mile marathon distance.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Friday, 1 February 2013 at 5:47 pm
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