Dragon’s Back Race

The dragon well and truly chewed me up and spat me out. Dragon’s Back Race is a 315km (200mile) multi-day ultramarathon involving 15,500metres of ascent (twice Everest) over 5 days. It starts at Conwy Castle in North Wales and finishes in Llandeilo in the South, traversing all the mountains en route. It is self-navigated and…

April in South Africa

Life First thing to say is this is the second time I’m typing this entire blog as I’ve broken another phone and had to buy a new one! Most stuff was backed up to Google drive but not the notes. My lovely organised lists! Anyway, after getting back from holiday on Saturday the 7th, I…

The Unnamed – My first foray into ultraracing

By this point, I had a solid running foundation and was running regular marathons. Once you’ve run a marathon there are a two main stages to go through: the first is “never again”, the second is usually “what next?”, more specifically “do I go further or faster?”. For me, this thought came before I’d even run my first…