Film My Run Run it, Film it, Relive it
Six times I’ve towed the start line of the Paris Marathon. Six times I have ...
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August 19, 2017
Trail Running is Rubbish. It’s time to go Cupless
I imagine, as trail runners, we consider ourselves pretty green. We’re more in touch with our enviro...
August 17, 2017
Round the Rock | Jersey Ultra
I like elevation, I do. The monotony of continual flat running, for anything over marathon distance,...
July 15, 2017
Serpent Trail 100km | South Downs Country Park
Getting up at 3am is never fun or easy. Honestly, when I look at some people on my Strava account an...
June 26, 2017
Walmsley Blows Up Again | Western States 100 2017
I’m not sure why it annoys me so much that Jim Walmsley dropped out of Western States at 78 mi...
June 12, 2017
South Downs Way 100 | A Nightmare from Start to Finish
It would be wrong to say I know nothing about what it’s like to DNF in a race. Last year I took on m...
June 7, 2017
All Trail Runners are Liberal Lefties
All trail runners are Liberal Lefties. Yes you are and I’m going to tell you why you are and you’ll ...
June 6, 2017
Transvulcania Ultra 2017 | A Procession of Stars
I stood at Roque de Los Muchachos, 2400 metres above sea level, the highest point in La Palma, and t...
June 1, 2017
Guernsey Ultra | GU36
Until recently, I had never been to any of the Channel Islands. So when new Race Director, Peter Tif...
May 10, 2017
Stop Moaning and get Good For Age
Ok, stop watching Jeremy Kyle. You don’t NEED to vacuum the entire house. The kids can sort their ow...
May 2, 2017
Paris Marathon 2017
Six times I’ve towed the start line of the Paris Marathon. Six times I have walked down the Champs E...
April 28, 2017
10 Reasons Ultra Runners Love the London Marathon
It’s in London. Enough said already, right? I am quite frankly sick to the back teeth of arriving in...
April 12, 2017
Stop Pausing Your Garmin!
We’ve all done it haven’t we? You’re out for a run and you come to a road where you have to wait for...
March 31, 2017
Jurassic Coast Challenge | Three Marathons in Three Days
“It’s not a race, it’s a challenge” said Ben as he delivered the race briefing to the numerous blear...
March 11, 2017
Brighton Half Marathon | Too Short for 3 Years
It’s two years since I last ran the Brighton Half Marathon. In 2015 I ran 6 minutes faster tha...
February 15, 2017
Arc of Attrition
Arc of Attrition – Remember when we were kids in the 70s and our parents would drive us down t...
December 20, 2016
Zwift Marathon
What? You’ve never heard of Zwift? Where have you been for the past 2 years? Zwift Running is ...
December 10, 2016
Wendover Woods 50 | Centurion Running
By now, if you are a regular reader of the Film My Run race reports, you will be well aware that I p...
December 8, 2016
Running Marathons is Easy
You know it, I know it, we all know it. Running marathons is easy. We pretend it’s hard because we w...
December 4, 2016
Thames Meander Marathon
That’s it. Winter has arrived and the summer is definitely over. It was freezing when I arrive...
November 5, 2016
Beachy Head Marathon
I’m not fit. I really should not be running the Beachy Head Marathon 2016 having had virtually...
November 4, 2016
Bright10 | 10 Mile Road Race 2016
Being injured is no fun. Especially when your wife hijacks your running club and steals your weekly ...
November 3, 2016
Bath Running Festival 2016
After running the South Downs Way 100 at the beginning of June, by mid-July I realised I hadn’t actu...
September 27, 2016
The Gauntlet
I write this race report whilst sitting in the accident and emergency department of Worthing Hospita...
September 23, 2016
Brighton and Hove Triathlon
I love triathlons. I love them soooooo much. I really, really do. Did I mention that I also love tri...
August 12, 2016
Vanguard Way Marathon
It’s sometimes good to be injured because the time you might normally spend racing or training can b...
August 2, 2016
Grim Reaper Ultra 2016 or Joint Winners
A year ago, Richard and I took part in the Grim Reaper Ultra 70 mile race. It was a step up for us. ...
July 13, 2016
Bastion Triathlon – Hever Castle
I stood at the top of the hill, tears welling up in my eyes. The marshal looked at me…..”Are you sur...
July 7, 2016
Bewl 15 or Is this a mid-life crisis?
Bewl 15? 15 what? Miles? Hang on so, it’s further than a half marathon and it’s not as f...
July 4, 2016
Arundel Castle Triathlon 2016
Arundel Castle Triathlon 2016 was my first triathlon of the year. I absolutely love triathlon. Which...
June 23, 2016
South Downs Way 100 – Centurion Running
“One hundred miles??? You ran a hundred miles? How do you even DO that?” is the way my son’s school ...
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