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January 1, 2018
It’s two months to go until Nuts Challenge, and whilst I can continue to update you on my physical training, there’s something that’s currently bigger, and that’s the mental side.
Over the Christmas period and with Tom starting a new job, my running has fallen by the wa...
February 14, 2016
It doesn’t take long when I meet a new friend to somehow start chatting about Obstacle Course Racing… sometimes the reaction is “WHAT?”, but mostly people say "This sounds awesome, I want to try!"
One of the first questions that hits me when people decide they want to...
February 3, 2015
Tough Guy. The hardest race in the world?
Yep.
No seriously.
Where do I start on an event like Tough Guy?
I am sat here, 24 hours after standing at the start line of the safest most dangerous event in the world, I have a slight mind blank of what's happened over the last d...
January 11, 2015
December 18, 2014
George Before and After at Judgement Day Bordon, courtesy of Tom Barnes
George Trotter, known to me and many others as the Gentleman OCR Racer.
I first met George at the 5KM Urban Attack fun run when we both ran with Always With A Smile. Previously I had spoken to him...
December 15, 2014
Back to basics: what's in my OCR kit

When I first started out in OCR (Obstacle Course Racing) I spent a lot of time researching what to wear for the races. In fact, I probably spent more time researching kit than I did training, which is probably why I ended up heavin...
December 8, 2014

Yesterday I attended the Grim Challenge in Aldershot, a 14km mud run for what was to be my last OCR race of the year: Or should we call this style o...
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