challenged us to a team competition at above-mentioned event. We need a fair number, eight I think. It's an eight-miler, with mud and water and stuff. He has offered sponsorship!!!!!!!Come on guys,roll up. Who's up for mud wrestling.....?Oh and it’s got a
Hello! Welcome to my Cyprus International 4-day Challenge blog. The Challenge is a stage race held in the Akamas peninsula of Cyprus, taking in four very different races - and I'll be blogging throughout.My runningI've been running for about four
that by the time the UK was waking up I'd have a medal round my neck, a grin on my face and a free beer in my hand (see right!).In the 2009 Challenge I found the 10K race seriously tough. My legs just wouldn't move fast enough, every step I took was painful and I
was bricking it at the start of the half-marathon. I genuinely didn't know whether I'd make it round in one piece - or have my Challenge come to a premature end, carted off by the sweeper van (or ambulance).But I took it super slow and steady (with yet more
race out of the way and my legs still mercifully free of the achey hobble that marks out Challenge runners in the hotel, I sould have had a relaxing evening but I couldn't stop fretting about the 11K hill run. It had been by far my least favourite race
cruel.Last time I ran the Challenge, the 11K was by far my least favourite of the four, so I was dreading it this week in my unfit state. In 2009 I had simply never ran a race like it - it was a total culture shock. I went about it all the wrong way
-good glow.The Jersey Island Challenge is a team event, but choose your companions wisely: it’s likely to test your friendship as much as your fitness. Competitors must start and finish as a pair, and though company can prove both useful (for drafting one
the long swims, rides and runs are behind the team; now they must avoid the temptation to do 'just one more training session' as they taper for the event. As the eve of the race draws near, it’s time for an honest appraisal of all their efforts, (you can
Entries for one of the country’s biggest mass cycle rides, the 2013 Virgin Money Cyclone Challenge, are now open.The event, part of the Virgin Money Cyclone cycling festival, will take place on the scenic roads around Newcastle and Northumberland
When: Weston-Super-MareWhere: February 13First man: Adam Watt 59:08First woman: Annabel Granger 1:04:27Last finisher: 2:16:45No. of finishers: 941Type of Race: Trail/ Road/ HillsRW Rating 2011: 89%No prizes for guessing the difficulty rating of this race. Sure enough, it was a sl...
