The phrase 'dog days of summer' is a reference to the hottest, most uncomfortable days of summer.These famed days have also been turned into part of popular culture by songs like Florence and the Machine's of the same name.That particular melody talks about the end...
Day three of our Nepalese Capital to Country adventure and sadly we had our first drop-out.Running ultra marathons is hard and not everyone can hack multi-day events...
Our superhuman runners started day two of our Capital to Country Multi-Day Ultra by climbing out of the valley where we had camped the night before.After a cool, damp start the temperature crept upwards on what was to be a crazy day of urban running,...
Day one of the Go Beyond Challenge Capital to Country Multi Day Ultra in Nepal saw our runners take on 27 miles of hills and spills on their way to a successful first day finish.On a beautiful sunny day, complete with amazing views of the snow capped...
It is hard to believe it has been a year since our inaugural Capital to Country Multi-Day Ultra took place in the beautiful foothills of Nepal.And yet here we are. Winding our way through the streets of Kathmandu, meeting the city's famous monkeys and preparing...
The TV is full of Christmas adverts and we are all starting to want some figgy pudding. Yes, like it or not the festive season is almost here and the world is letting us know.But while most people are thinking about dusting down the Christmas...
"It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to."The above quote will probably be familiar to fans of The Hobbit and The Lord...
The quote in the title of this article comes from Tatyana McFadden.The American Paralympic star has won nearly 20 medals in multiple Games.Born with spina bifida, which paralysed her from the waist down, she refused to let her disability stop her, eventually being named the...
Josh Chamberlain led from start to finish to win our Thames Trail Ultra earlier this month.The 47-mile point-to-point race, which runs from Iffley in Oxfordshire to Henley-on-Thames, took place on Sunday, October 19, with Katie Harris coming home first in the women's event.Runners took on...
Just over two years ago, I suffered what paramedics originally thought was a heart attack, writes Craig Lewis.In fact, my ambulance assisted dash to hospital turned out to be for a bout of a condition called pericarditis, a rather unpleasant inflammation of the lining of...