Trail Running for Life

The last time I wrote on this blog I was sitting in our ex-neighbour’s holiday let in Treffgarne, West Wales.

My foray into more comfortable trail shoe choices started back in 2022 when Carmen and I discovered Topo athletic shoes.

What is a run streak?

Our “Fastpacking the TMB in 5 days” journey started at Les Houche.

For a couple of years now I have in the back of my head had the goal of running a sub 24 hour 100 mile race.

Kilometer 317 of 322 km had just ticked over.

Last year I was invited to join 3 friends on an adventure of a lifetime – fastpacking the TMB over 5 days.

The Rollin’ 100 is a newly introduced one hundred mile ultra marathon (Runningmonk Trail Events), taking place in and around the hills of Shropshire, a county which borders both England and Wales. 2025 was the event’s inaugural year, and I was really exci…

Over the past year or so, whilst browsing various running-related subreddits (online communities on the reddit.com website), I’ve noted a number of recipes for home made running gels and nutrition that I wanted to try to make for myself.

In March, earlier this year I was noticing some discomfort in my right leg, near the soleus calf muscle.