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Race 3/3 Personal Slam 2024: Arc50, Lakeland 50, Wendover Woods 50 (Achieved!) I last ran this event as part of the inaugural Centurion Running Grand Slam (4x50milers – SDW, NDW, CW & WW) in 2016, so a whopping 8 years ago! It was time to revisit… A friend said to me at the finish line […]

Race 2/3 Personal Slam 2024: Arc50, Lakeland 50, Wendover Woods 50 This race had particular significance for me. I had an entry in 2023, but plans changed due to surgery two weeks prior, so I really wanted to participate in 2024 to stick the proverbial finger up to the previous year’s skin cancer and surgery […]

Marathon (distance) #70 – Marathon Major #8 (3:39:53) – BQ Race #2 My journey to ‘chase stars’ started long before it was a ‘thing’. Back in 2008 with my first ever charity place in Marathon (London). I quickly collected another three stars with New York (2009), Berlin (2010) and Chicago (2012). In those days there […]

2023 was a tough year. But I got through it – skin cancer and associated hip surgery somewhat halted my racing endeavours. However, my thoughts were always on recovery and getting back to it!    I planned to take on the MudCrew ARC50 as my first 50 miler back post-surgery.   I’d done it before […]