comrades

2022 in review. Running (Comrades, Chicago Marathon), travels, work and life.

On August 28th 2022 I ran the Comrades Marathon... again. Whats that? The Comrades Marathon is a 90km (the 'Up run' (see below) is actually slightly shorter) ultramarathon run in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa each year. It is the oldest, and arguably the most famous/best ultramarathon in

A look at my 2019 in review. Running, business, and personal adventures. Including the London Marathon, Comrades, Wicked, parkrun, and lots of tasty food.

A race guide/report for the 2019 Comrades Marathon (the worlds most famous ultramarathon - 87km from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an overview of the area - the people, the place, and things to do.

Photos tell stories. The day I found my physical and mental limits and ran through them. #comrades #comrades2019 #comradesmarathon #comradesmarathon2019 #theultimatehumanrace #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #running #instarunners #instarun #runhappy #runnersofinstagram #runner #runchat #runninglife #runn

The @comradesmarathon wall of honour. Quite a mesmerising place. I genuinely don’t remember running past this fairly obvious wall :P #running #comrades #comrades2019 #comradesmarathon2019 #ultrarunning #ultramarathon #southafrica

When you badly fuel your #run and are super dehydrated you should eat.. literally whatever the hell you want. #training #nutrition #comrades

#grinding #running #comrades

It’s a bit shit but I think silver at @comradesmarathon might be a step too far. I was always going to push my #running until something humbled me and I think that time may be now. I’m still gonna try though. #comrades #comrades2019 ##comradessilver

Lamb and spinach oatcakes. #comrades #tomrades #nutrition #training

NYC 2017 was a year ago. ‘‘Twas tough. Learned a lot. Onwards ! #tomrades #comrades #running

I feel that I could reasonably post the above video and leave it at that. I have a penchant to make untrue claims about the length of time I have had a goal. When I got into the Boston Marathon I made a point of how it had been a