Trail Running

A collection of 62 posts

100 Mile

Left Field Tips for a 100 Mile Ultra

A list of things you're less likely to hear when reading about how to tackle a 100 miler

Review

My Shoe Rotation 2025

Why the Long Sky 2s are no longer my 2025 pick 😅

Review

Why The Long Sky 2s Are My 2025 Pick

Merrell's MTL folks smashed it out the park with these beauties

Ultra Marathon

Hateful 8 Winter Edition Race Report

Lightning doesn't strike twice, but it was an absolute blast anyway ⚡️

Review

Comparing the Original Merrell Long Sky 2 with the Matryx Edition

Difference between these two models, their fit, feel and features, and whether the Matryx version is worth the upgrade

Review

Merrell MTL Long Sky 2 Matryx Review

The best shoes no-one's heard of

Review

Brooks Cascadia 17 Review

A sturdy trail workhorse, but too heavy to enjoy?

Epona 100 Ultra

Epona 100 Kit Breakdown

A nerdy dive into what I'm carrying from the start of a 100 miler

Epona 100 Ultra

Epona 100 Training Debrief

How the last 6 months of training have gone as we enter the final taper phase of my first 100 miler

Review

Bridgedale Lightweight T2 Merino Sport Socks Review

Bringing Injinji socks to heel

Ultra Marathon Featured

The Hateful 8 Race Report

A fantastic new looped trail ultra in Bridgend from the Mad Running Junkies

Epona 100 Ultra

Shoe Choices For The Epona

Change my mind weekly, please help!

First Impressions

Altra Timp 5 First Impressions

Are these the shoe that kills the Olympus?

Review

Altra Mont Blanc Review

The worst shoes I've ever liked

Epona 100 Ultra

Epona 100 Training Plan

How I'm planning to strengthen up for my first 100 miler: principles, week by week & session types.

Ultra Marathon

Celtic Trails Ultra Race Report

Last race of the year and my 20th lifetime ultra. 55k of the glorious Dare Valley in Aberdare

Ultra Marathon

Autumn Green Man Ultra - Sub 9

Aiming for consistency and good fuelling paid off dividends

Backyard Ultra

My First Backyard Ultra - The Dirty Dozen

4.2 miles, once an hour, every hour, is a lot harder than it sounds!

The Green Runners

One Pair: 1,000km

Taking a single pair of Lone Peak 7s over 620 miles and seeing what happens

Review

Merrell Agility Peak 5s - First Impressions

Is this love at first sight?

Ultra Marathon

Scott's First Ultra - SWC50K Race Report

Supporting Scott finish both his first marathon, and first ultra, on the brutal hills of the South West Coast 50K

Review

Altra Lone Peak 7 Review After 600km

Does the newest version of my favourite trail shoe hold up?

Ultra Marathon Featured

Cotswold Way 100K Race Report

The big scary one: my first 100k; in intense heat, on a route with a cruel level of climbing. It was interesting...

Reflection

4 Year Running Anniversary

Back in June 2019, having joined a gym with my partner and feeling thoroughly lost surrounded by scary looking machines with heavy weights on them, my pushing-19-stone butt started the Couch to 5k program on a treadmill, and before I knew it I was absolutely, positively, head over heels in

100k

Cotswold Way 100k Plan

1 week left til the big one.... eek!