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UTMB – Ultra Trail du Month Blanc 5:45pm on Friday 1st September, Vengalis’ Conquest of Paradise, echoes around the streets of Chamonix. After an hour sitting in the blazing sun we get to our feet and surge towards the start. 2700 Runners clap down the final 10 seconds, until the church clock strikes 6pm […]
9th September 2023 It’s 09:37, the race should have started seven minutes ago. It’s hot and the runners are getting impatient. The race director loves to talk and we are a captive audience. Someone is typing out a race review on their phone to express their frustration. Enough is enough, we are going to storm […]
It has taken me 6 days to be able to talk properly about my experience in the Alps… I have just competed in one of the singularly most important events in the trail and mountain running calendar – The OCC race in The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB). This is a mountain ultra marathon race, first […]
When did running begin for you? I ran cross country in school, but then stopped completely until my mid-20s. I started running again by accident when my gymnastics friend invited me to run with her before our class. We ran 1k and a few months later I signed up for the Paris half marathon. […]
When did running begin for you? My main sport at school was netball, but I was never ‘sporty’ per say. I had always preferred playing Goal Shooter in order to do the least amount of moving about as possible, whilst still getting the glory due to a minor height advantage. After a very sedentary university […]
When did running begin for you? Running began for me at school. I ran the 200m and 400m for the school athletics team. When I went to university I ran with a campus club, but unfortunately it all came to a stop in my third year after I developed an eating disorder. Fast-forward about 15 […]
From roof top runner to ultra runner and back via a marathon. The lead up to Brighton Marathon. I am the storm…….this is my mantra.… I’m getting ready for my first “real” marathon event. Yes, I’ve done a few trail runs of this distance, I’ve even done an ultra marathon recently. Who would have thought […]
Name? Jon Lawrence When did running begin for you? I have always enjoyed running, but it started properly for me back in 2007 when I was travelling with my job. I decided I’d go to the gym and run on the treadmill and I started to increase the distance and pace and then ventured outside […]
There’s been a few Waverley Harriers running virtual marathons this month, with both London and Manchester running their marathons virtually. Congratulations to all of those who’ve run their first marathons in the last month – it’s been challenging conditions! Race organisers are having to be reactive and adaptive in ensuring their events can take place […]
It feels like races are slowly making a come back and race organisers are finding ways to bring us all back together again. However, there are still some virtual runs being organised, offering some of us the chance to get the medal of a race we perhaps wouldn’t have considered before. This month I’ll tackle […]