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By: jamesmackeddie February 7, 2019

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INOV-8 PARTNERS WITH OBSTACLE COURSE RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Dennis blew me hard I often find it hard to get out the front door, the lack of elevation & trails pushing me more often than not the roads. Sure we have trails, footpaths and bridleways tracking over fields, that outside of summer consume shoes within a few strides, pulling them into the brown abyss below.... It’s also pancake flat here What ‘proper trails’ we do have are good fun, but there’s only so many times you can weave around them before the sand beneath your feet becomes a tyrant of its own, sapping the life from legs The local road network is strong, with Milton Keynes offering a labyrinth of custom built paths, great for those looking to knock out consistent splits But where things are flat, the winds are fierce. There isn’t a need to find elevation to get assaulted by nature, leaning into a side wind, hell bent of ejecting torso & limbs onto asphalt It’s been a while since a jacket inflated due the severity and consistency. Where the hedgerows were low, all hell broke loose. Water from cars, launched into the atmosphere by tyres glided across both lanes, some 8 feet in the air, locked onto me like a precision munition. Seldom did it miss. Round 2 today 😉 . #teampyllon #stormdennis #roadrunning #sonyrx100m3
The phone camera - so simple, yet complexing to many. Based on @ultra_damo facial expression..... . Off the back of Damian’s record breaking Winter Paddy Buckley Round, where as well as running unsupported - carrying everything he would need to eat/wear for the entire duration (standard round practice is to amass a team to carry your kit & navigate) - Damian took alternate methods of transport, relied on his wife’s home cooking & planned the trip in the style he’ll be conducting training/racing in 2020 I’d be lying if I said I sat down with Damo & asked questions, so instead, we utilised the wonder that is the World Wide Web to exchange emails So modern If you’d like to read about his round, why he ran unsupported, a fuel choice many im sure will envy & the perils of getting too comfortable on public transport - I’ve put the link up above in my bio 👆🏻 . . #paddybuckleyround #mindfulrunning #inov8
Time to talk My appearance may change, my interests alter, motivation levels fluctuate & my ability to look deep within myself grind to a halt But the narrative is constant We need to talk, we must talk for our own & others mental health to remain healthy. It’s all too easy to hide behind a face, a persona, built to cope with the complexities of modern day life & the infinite stimuli we are exposed to throughout every minute, of every day This smile disguises & withholds a multitude of life’s challenges, which over years of experience, counselling & adaptations have been dealt with or suppressed They will be with me for life, but that’s not a negative, it’s what has built me to be the person I am However, the past doesn’t lie dormant forever & feeling able to talk to others, to disclose aids dealing with such challenges when they flair up I can say from my own experience, you have no idea how powerful checking in with someone or simply being willing to listen without judgment is This is one day, let’s make it everyday Image from December 2018 #timetotalkday #timetotalk #mentalhealthawareness #teampyllon
What a day @kong_mini_mountain_marathon Round 1 had it all Bogs, lots of bogs, deep bogs, shallow bogs, hidden bogs & just when you thought you’d stepped in them all....more bogs But wait, there’s more..... cutting winds that blew you across the mountain, limited vis to disorientate, rock greasier then your local cafe & a series of hidden checkpoints Points win prizes & by the narrowest of margins @snoobydoobydoo & I took the mixed pairs 👑 - a good thing we hammered the last mile or so of footpath to the finish or we’d have lost it with a greater time penalty It may have taken a couple of years, but finally got to run with Katie, as when we do cross paths she’s mountain safety at races while im happy snapping Now if someone could tell my hamstrings & glutes to relax, I’ll be forever in your debt, the 4 hour drive after soup & cake at the finish has angered them 🤦🏼‍♂️ . #minimountainmarathon #walesneverfails #teampyllon
White shoes x Winter roads #ad #onrunning #roadrunning
Overwatch I’ve bleated on enough about the frustration that was my personal running in 2019, how this frustration only compounded the situation. It was a mental, rather than physical block But Paul stood by me I’ve never been the most consistent at training, I’m sure the red bars of training peaks glow vividly But it’s more than simply training & getting stronger Paul’s been a mentor, a friend, the head of a community, someone who’s checked in on me, my running & mental state of my mind for the past few years He’s been the consistent one With some big races including Old County Tops & @type2events Fun Run this year, it’s time to knuckle down & get the legs working Lucky to work with him & more over call Paul a friend #teampyllon #mentor
That time @trashfreetrails hung out at @kendalmountainfestival Basecamp Words & snaps 📸 in bio #trashfreetrails #packitinpackitout #environmentalactivists
This time last week, heading home from a big day with @trashfreetrails x @vodafoneuk Looking forward to the short coming out in Feb - keep those 👀 peeled for the release #trashfreetrails #jointhetrashmob #packitinpackitout #trailcommunity
Mental Health update This photo was taken in March 2019, somewhere on a fell, deep in the Lake District, @pyllon XP2 I was in a good place, on a high. The longest continuous stable period of my life, my motivation all time, my thirst for experiences unquenchable, my happy place broad & regularly achieved 2 weeks later, my birthday, I got ill. A month of downs followed, my physically endurance visibly torn from me. What remained hidden was my mental instability, how things were starting to unravel, in such a way it would take until October for me to be able to see it, December till I could identify what & why, acknowledge i have to take action Conversations with friends, all generated through posts on here over the past years, have shown clearly many are silently suffering, while the public perception is of relative positivity & stability. Our challenges may be different, the severity & complexities unique to each individuals experiences. But we stand together united that we can and will support one another I may hide my issues, carry any burden internally, be the person who try’s to help & offer my support. But to this day I carry my own set of challenges with me daily, I try to keep my demons suppressed, to see the good despite what life has taught me I’m not in a bad place. Creating new habits & routines is my current challenge, my actions aren’t destructive, they are limiting growth. Im currently in a holding pattern, with ample fuel, it’s for air traffic control to establish a new strategy to bring me down to terra firma A team of legends are about to run the Scottish National Trail - 864km - continuously, from Cape Wrath to Kirk Yetholm, raising money for @samhscotland / The Scottish Association for Mental Health, at for what many is the toughest time of year to get outside & stay strong mentally A big shout out to all those in the ENDEAVOUR team, thank you for putting yourself in an uncomfortable situation to raise awareness #mentalhealth #teampyllon

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