In this guest post, Tim Hopkin shares the story of his first 100km event, the Thames Path Challenge; including how he hit ‘The Wall’ after 18km! Firstly, apologies for what may be a slightly clickbaity title. But if ‘the wall’ is the point in your run when you feel physically and mentally at your lowest, … Read more
Most of what I write on this site is marathon advice and information, but today I thought I’d share the story of my own first marathon. I made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot of lessons, but in the end, that first marathon is what catalyzed me to run dozens more in … Read more
Nick Butter is a 28-year-old from Bristol, England who is currently in the middle of a World Record attempt to be the first person to run a marathon in every country in the world. That’s 196 marathons in total. One in every single country. Two years in the planning, Nick set off in January 2018 … Read more
Dion Leonard is an extreme runner and stage race veteran. He has tackled the Marathon des Sables several times, along with 3 x KAEM (Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon – which he won in 2017), MdS Peru, Gobi March 250km and Global Limits Cambodia (where I first met Dion) to name a few – regularly bagging podium … Read more
Filippo Rossi is a globetrotting journalist originally from the Swiss-Italian town of Lugano. In the last few years, Filippo has thrown himself around the world, running some of the most prestigious and challenging ultras and stage races in far-flung locales. His medal collection includes Marathon des Sables, Transgrancanaria, Endurance Life Dorset, Ultrabericus, Vulcano Trail and every … Read more
Cynthia Fish became one of the first women to complete the ‘4 Deserts Grand Slam Plus’ in 2016, completing five 250km races in a calendar year. She has also completed several other stage races, such as the Global Limits races. Cynthia walks her stage races – she is consistently ‘near the back’, but also has a … Read more
Sarah Sawyer makes no secret of the fact that she loves multi-day races, primarily because they combine two of her favourite pastimes – running and travel. She has completed a number of multi-day stage races around the world, including the Racing the Planet 250km Patagonia in 2017 (1st female), Racing the Planet 250km Ecuador (1st female) … Read more
Tony Brammer is one of the best-known figures in the world of stage races, particularly the 4 Deserts series, organised by RacingThePlanet. Tony set out to complete a single 4 Deserts race back in 2005, then went on to complete each of the races in the series. He joined the 4 Deserts Club in 2008. Since … Read more
Hey guys, I recently published the Stage Race Handbook – a full-on, 200-page guide to every part of preparation, training and running multi-day stage races such as the 4 Deserts series and Marathon des Sables. I was lucky enough to convince several well-known stage race runners and ultra-running legends to contribute to the book in … Read more
The GlobalLimits race series is a collection of boutique stage races set in far-flung and culturally rich countries; Cambodia, Bhutan, and Albania. The series was founded by Stefan Betzelt, an experienced ultra-runner in his own right who realized no-one was organizing the types of races he wanted to run himself. Having run the Cambodia and … Read more
Pacing your marathon. It’s the one thing that can make or break your race, yet so many runners—even experienced ones—get it wrong. When you’ve put in months of hard training, it’s tempting to go out guns blazing, fueled by taper energy and the cheering of the crowd. But here’s the hard truth: starting out too fast … Read more
Running a marathon is a serious personal challenge, and your success depends a lot on how much marathon training time you have invested in the months leading up to the big day. But how long does it actually take to train for a marathon? It all depends on your base running fitness level, as we’ll … Read more
Running a marathon is a mammoth task. With so much training and things to consider, it is easy to forget crucial things or be under-prepared in one element. In this post, I’ve boiled down the essential points required to run a marathon into six steps. Last week I covered the essentials of marathon preparation. Today … Read more
I picked up an Apple Watch a few weeks ago, and have been training with it since – culminating with a marathon last Sunday. Here are my thoughts on how it weighs up as a runner’s watch, and how I’m getting on with it in general. I bought the Apple Watch 3 – Nike+ edition … Read more
Like many runners, I often use my runs to catch up on some of my favourite podcasts. When I bought an Apple Watch, I thought it would be the perfect accompaniment to my runs. I presumed I could load the watch up on podcasts, then listen using my Bluetooth headphones – eliminating the need to … Read more
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