The freezing level has risen recently which means bad things for the quality of the snow on the peiste but great things for the solid patches of pavement I used to aim for while on training runs. This thawing out around Morzine has meant that this week ...

The charity I am running the London Marathon for:   I am old enough that I remember the birth of the internet and also mobile phone being invented and introduced to the mainstream. When I was younger if you wanted to meet your mates it involved memorizi...

Ice, snow, clouds fogged up windscreens, a lack of winter tyres and varying degrees of manic driving styles at speed makes for running on twisty Alps roads fairly interesting so here are some of my recent observations on running in the French Alps durin...

Training has been going fairly well recently. I have a couple of double digit runs in the bag as well as an endurance walk. The plan was to strap my snowboard to my bag and use snow shoes to hike up the Pleny in Morzine and get to the top before anyone ...

While trainig for the great west run a few years ago i was already very active. I ran 2 times a week as well as football training and match day. I warmed up properly for the race, ate properly, didn't drink alchol for about 2 months before hand, slept w...

I'm taking a leap into the unknown with this one and i fear that it may be more than i can manage, but an adventure into the unknown has always led me to some interesting places before so lets see where this one take us. Prelude to the challenge: The ai...