Actually, it’s a not training journey The last time I hit ‘publish’ on my West Highland Way ultra training blog series was 3 months ago. Since then a lot has happened. Several recurring and cumulative health issues gathered steam, and a myriad of external factors climbed aboard the choo-choo train. The details of these are… Read more

This post relates to week 6 of training (13th – 19th January). Enjoy! Week 6 of training has been my most sociable so far! A good friend ran most of a dark, chilly and damp Tuesday pre-7am effort with me – that’s friendship right there! Following that, Susan, the other half of Green Strides Fitness,… Read more

I am a little behind writing blog posts for my training journey, compared to my actual training! This post relates to week 5 of training which ran (pun intended) from 6th – 12th January! I’ll get caught up soon…😅 Recovery week has come and gone! If you read part 5 of this West Highland Way… Read more

I am a little behind writing blog posts for my training journey, compared to my actual training! This post relates to week 4 of training which ran (pun intended) from 30th December – 5th January! I’ll get caught up soon…😅 It’s recovery week! I have made it through the first 3 weeks of increasing my… Read more

The majority of this blog post was written a couple of weeks ago, but was paused to allow space for other commitments. I have retained the contents of what was to be published – it may read a little out of date being released only now, but is relevant to the timepoint to which it… Read more

In part 1 of this West Highland Way ultra training journey blog, I opened with a Chinese proverb written by the ancient philosopher Lau Tzu: ‘the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. I took that single step last Monday. Then over the week I took 149,454 more (screenshot below taken before… Read more

Part 1 – In the beginning… There’s a well-known Chinese proverb drawn from Lau Tzu’s ancient philosophical writings in the Tao Te Ching: ‘the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. See….proof 👇 This can apply to any daunting task or effort and is used by people to ‘‘get started’ or ‘do… Read more