race history

A detailed race report for each race below can be found on the Training Blog page.

2020

17 Oct - Beowulf Ultra 50km - 7th of 18 entrants in 5 hours and 5 minutes. A looped course consisting of 30 laps. https://positivestepspt.co.uk/

2021

16 May - Roche Abbey Ultra 50km - 5th of 15 entrants in 4 hours and 59 minutes. https://www.itsgrimupnorthrunning.co.uk/

12 June - Sunset Ultra 35m - 2nd of 39 entrants in 5 hours and 50 minutes. A race to beat the Sunset nr Snettisham Beach, in Norfolk. https://www.darkside.run/sunset-ultramarathon/

3rd July - Peak District Ultra 100km - 8th out of almost 500 starters. in 12 hours and 5 minutes. Have to beat 12 hours next time! https://ultrachallenge.com/peak-district-challenge/

6th-11th Sept - Montane Dragons Back Race. An epic 6 day 380km race with 17,400m (twice the height of Everest) of ascent. 66th out of 90 finishers. More than 75% DNF'd on this race in the toughest conditions to date. Normally about 50% finish. https://www.dragonsbackrace.com/

17th Oct - Cambridge Half Marathon - my first ever race with my son and paced him to a sub 2 hr finish.

20th & 21st Nov - Peak District South & North Ultra - 3rd out of 37 finishers in a combined time of 10 hours and 42 mins. My second podium finish. A great event with 93km over 2 days covering the White Peaks and Dark Peaks. http://rangerultras.co.uk/index.php/peak-district-south-north/

2022

6 Mar - Cambridge Half Marathon - a new PB of 1:34:28 knocking 4 mins off my previous best!

2 April - Snowdonia Ultra by Trail Events Co - 16th out of 74 finishers. A great event involving an ascent up Snowdon and then some lovely trails through forests and the quieter side of Snowdonia. https://trailevents.co/

30 Apr - 2 May - Silva Great Lakeland 3 Day - no results for this one as it is a more laid back event. Great training for multi day races or simply a weekend of chilled walking/running in beautiful scenery. Another top class event from Ourea Events. They also do the DBR and Cape Wrath Ultra for example. https://www.greatlakeland3day.com/

11 June - South Downs Way 100 - my first 100 miler. A wonderful event organised by Centurion Running. I smashed my 24 hour target by finishing in 21 hours and 8 minutes. 52nd out of 405 starters. 75% finisher rate with 301 finishers. https://centurionrunning.com/reports/2022/sdw100-2022-race-report

29/30 October - OMM Long Score - 103rd out of 150 finishers. A pairs orienteering type event which highlighted that despite thinking I was pretty good at navigation I am not. A great learning exercise. The 54th OMM is scheduled for North Wales so very excited about that.

12 Nov - Wendover Woods 50 - hilly 50 miler with 5 laps of 10 miles and 10,000ft of elevation. Managed to come 34th overall and was the first M50. This is my first victory of any kind. Super chuffed. My second Centurion event of the year. They put on great events.

https://centurionrunning.com/reports/2022/ww50-2022-race-report

2023

15th-20th January - Montane Spine Race - Britains Most Brutal race covering 268 miles, the entire length of the Pennine Way, in a single non-stop epic adventure. 81 hardy souls (51% of the starters) managed to finish and I was one of them in 40th place with an overall time of 134 hrs and 20 mins finshing on Friday evening just after 10pm. Perfect time for a beer! Results can be found here https://live.opentracking.co.uk/spinerace23/

28 Apr - 1 May - Scarpa Great Lakeland 3 Day - no results for this one as it is a more laid back event. Great training for multi day races or simply a weekend of chilled walking/running in beautiful scenery. https://www.greatlakeland3day.com/

28th - 30th July - Montane Lakeland 100. 87th out of 618 starters. Finish rate was 62% which is pretty good given the tough conditions. Finish time of 30hrs 31mins. https://results.opentracking.co.uk/event/23lakeland100

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