Pursuit of the Impossible
Tag: GB Ultras
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Let me ask you a question. When was the last time you saw someone post their marathon finish time without also tagging what shoes they wore, the gels they used, their watch, and their matching kit? Yeah. Me neither. There’s something shifting in the running world, and if you’ve been around long enough, lining up…
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This weekend, the UTS 100k by UTMB takes place. And I won’t be on the start line. That decision hasn’t been easy to make. Or easy to admit. Last year, UTS was my first ever DNF in an ultramarathon. And if you’ve never experienced one, let me tell you, it lands differently to any other…
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Four years. Same start line. Same canal paths, the same Sandstone Trail, the same brutal final miles through the Gowy. But this year felt different before I’d even arrived at the start line. Year four of the GB Ultras Chester 100 wasn’t about surviving it or just getting round. This time, I had a number…
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One hundred miles. Say it slowly. Let it sink in. Then ask yourself what kind of person voluntarily stands on a start line, and decides to run that far. The answer is: people exactly like you reading this. Next weekend, I line up for the GB Ultras Chester 100 for the fourth consecutive year. Four…
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This weekend, the Chester 50 Mile ultra kicks off the GB Ultras season, and there’s something about that first ultra race back that feels heavier than the distance itself. Chester isn’t the biggest race on the calendar. It isn’t the longest. But as the season opener, it carries weight. It’s the moment winter training stops…
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Chester 100, that’s my first race of the season completed. And which will hopefully be leg 1 of 4 of my GB Ultras 100-mile Grand Slam 2025 attempt. After completing this race twice before, in 2022 and 2024 I knew just what to expect and knew when and where I could improve. But, at the…