Category: Race
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Maverick Jurassic coast 100k
The Maverick Jurassic coast 100 km is a point-to-point race that takes place on the Devon coast. It starts at Hardy’s monument near Weymouth and travels east along the South West coast path before doing a large loop around Corfe castle. The Jurassic Coast stretches 95 miles from Devon to…
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Brighton 50/50
This was the inaugaral Brighton 50/50 50 mile (80 km) ultra race organized by Runthroughtrails. It starts at Black Rock in Brighton, right on the sea front. It heads up into the hills of the South Downs, and along to Eastbourne, before heading over Beachy Head and Seven Sisters, then…
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Swiss Alps 100
The Swiss Alps 100 is a 100 km race starting in Fiesch, Switzerland. The route makes a big loop through the mountains surrounding the village, with 100 mile, 50 km, and 10 km vertical race options. This race is not for the faint-hearted. Starting at 1100m altitude, there is around…
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Isle of Wight ultra challenge
The Isle of Wight ultra challenge is an ultra-running race organised by Ultra Challenge. The route circumnavigates the entire island, beginning and ending in Chale, and is approximately 108 km. The route is spectacular, and the majority of it runs along the coast, and it varies a lot. I saw…
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Brighton to London 100k
The Brighton to London ultra is a 100 km race organised by Beyond Marathon. It starts at 6 AM in front of the Brighton pier and ends in Kingston-Upon-Thames. The climbing begins almost immediately, with the course taking runners up through the South Downs National Park. After that, it settles…
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Marathon des Sables – Part 2
Arrival at the Marathon des Sables The journey to the legendary Marathon des Sables (MDS) began at Heathrow Airport, where a chartered flight, exclusively for participants, awaited. The presence of MDS staff at the airport added a reassuring touch, ensuring a smooth start to the adventure. Their guidance continued as…
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Marathon des Sables 2024 – Part 1
This is the first in a series of posts documenting my experience completing the 38th edition of the Marathon des Sables—one of the toughest footraces on Earth. Origin story The Marathon des Sables (marathon of the sands) is a six-stage, 252 km (157 mile) ultramarathon race held every year in…
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Yorkshire 3 peaks 100k
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks 100km is organised by Stu Westfield of Ranger Ultras. Starting in the picturesque town of Hawes, nestled in North Yorkshire, this race challenges you to conquer the three highest peaks in Yorkshire: Whernside (736m), Ingleborough (724m), and Pen-y-Ghent (694m), and also Whitber Hill (427m) twice—once on…
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SVP100 2024
The SVP100 is a 103-kilometer trail race that follows the Stour Valley Path in Suffolk, located in eastern England. This undulating course features roughly 1,000 meters of elevation gain and consists of approximately 90% trail. This race is organised by Matthew Hearne at https://svp100.co.uk. This year’s attempt follows two previous…
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Serpent trail 100k
The Serpent trail 100k is organised by Freedom Racing and is set in a beautiful part of the South Downs national park, near Petersfield in England. The race takes it’s name from the shape of the course as it snakes it’s way from Haslemere, through the South Downs national park,…
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London to Brighton 100k
The London to Brighton Challenge, organised by Action Challenge, is a demanding 100 km foot race that starts in Richmon, London and ends in Brighton. With an elevation gain of approximately 1500 metres, the course features a mix of road and trail. Notably, there is significantly more road compared to…
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North Downs Ridge 50k
The North Downs Ridge is a 50 km trail race that consists of two out-and-back routes along the North downs and the nearby town of Dorking, Surrey. This race was my first in 2024 and was intended as an easy, warm up, long run before I take on the Marathon…
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South Downs Way 100k
The South Dows Way 100k is a challenging point-to-point race that takes participants from Arundel to Eastbourne, covering the picturesque and historic South Downs footpath in Sussex, England. I had an 8 week training block to prepare for this race which went very well. I consistenly trained for 5 days…
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Peddars Way ultra 77k 2023 – 10th anniversary
The Peddars Way ultra is a challenging point-to-point race that traverses the entire 46-mile length of the historic Peddars Way footpath. Commencing in Knettishall, situated in the vicinity of Thetford within East Anglia, the race culminates by the north Norfolk coast in Holme-next-the-sea, where it intersects with the Norfolk coast…
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St Edmunds trail 50k 2022
This was only the second year of the St. Edmunds trail 50k ultra. I had attended the inaugural race a year prior (in December of 2021) but had to DNF at 30k due to a couple of pre-existing injuries that flared up. This time around the race would mark the…
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