Pursuit of the Impossible
Month: October 2025
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Now my racing season is over, I’ve had time to look back and reflect. To look at the positives and the negatives and the lessons I’ve learned. I arrived at the start line of my first race of the 2025 season, the Chester 100 Mile Ultra fresh and with ambitions high after a solid block…
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They talk about it like a myth. The pain cave. A dark place where time slows, the body screams at you, and your mind starts whispering and telling you to stop. But if you’ve ever run far enough, you will know it’s real. And strangely, it’s where the magic happens. What Is the Pain Cave,…
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Crossing an ultramarathon finish line should feel like the ultimate high. Months of training, sacrifice, long miles in the dark, it all builds to that one moment when you finally stop running. But what no one really talks about is what comes after. When the medal is in your hand, the data has been uploaded…
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The Manchester Backyard Ultra. My final race of the 2025 season, and my second attempt at this brutal, beautiful format. After finishing 4th last year with 25 loops, I came into this race ready to dig deeper and go further. No targets this time though. No ceiling. Just me, the trail, and the will to…
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In every ultra I’ve run, Chester 100, The Bacons Way 100, Race Across Scotland (RAS) 215, among others, there have been many things that tested me. The miles, the heat, the elevation, the night, injury. But if I had to pick one common thing that carried me through more than any other, a place that…