Endurance | Adventure | Chill
The show goes on. My quads hurt. Boy, the heads of my quads at my knees were tender. I couldn’t tense them, they’d taken a bashing on Day 1. Ahh. Cereal, coffee, electrolytes, car. Off for more. Mike drove us to Chamonix, where the main road was in grid lock. The Mont Blanc tunnel was…
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I’m currently in Chamonix, out training with Mike Jones of Apex Running, as he prepares for UTMB at the end of the month. Now, I’ve landed on my feet and I’m house sitting (technically Mike is, but I’m helping), which has kept the costs right down and allowed me to stay out in the valley…
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Nikwax. Those bottles of garment cleaner and reproofer, the majority of us, at a guess, do not use enough to take care of technical wear, such as waterproofs and base layers. It feels counter intuitive to heat up a shell jacket, once applied, but something to take into consideration…. textile manufactures do this at the…
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It sucked. I was down. Fuck. What was the point? Scafell Sky Race had been one of my two main goals for 2018. I knew I stood no chance of a GBR jersey, or even a top placing, but the culmination of a years work with Pyllon and a test in the mountains was high…
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On Sunday 15th July, the Scafell Sky Race carried runners from Borrowdale to Ambleside, combing technical running, with rapid sections, to deliver Lake District’s round of the National Skyrunning Series. The Scafell Sky Race (SSR) is a 42km skyrunning race with 3,000m of ascent on challenging, often technically extreme terrain in the Lake District National…
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Saturday 14th July, saw the 4th running of the Lakes Sky Ultra, part of the UK’s Skyrunning Series. The Lakes Sky Ultra is 56km/34miles in distance, with 4,500 meters of ascent over extreme technical terrain in the Lake District. Mountain running and alpinism combine, to create a course where running, scrambling and rock climbing are…
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Those who follow me on Instagram will have seen a series of black and white images over the past couple of months. View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Mackeddie (@jamesmackeddie) Mental Health is a subject close to my heart and at the forefront of my mind. As the series of posts…
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I’ve been running for the past 5 years without listening to music. At one point, I couldn’t imagine running a mile without tunes in my ears, until recently I ran listening to the trail, my breath and thoughts. Over the past 9 months, podcasts have become my go to for everything from tempo to interval,…
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Damian Hall set the Fastest Known Time in 2016 for completing the 630 mile South West Coastal Path, in 10 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes. I would be running a 10 mile and a bit out and back from Mevagissey to Charlestown (and a bit extra). In this run, I’d discover that Damian is…
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Baselayers. The first layer of standard layering systems and yet, overlooked by many. After all, who wants to spend a lot of money on something that isn’t going to be seen nor at face value, has much intrinsic value? Of course, the trick here is the value is easily quantifiable – move sweat away from…
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