The End of My Line

What an adventure! The Line 300 was immensely deceptive, so much more in reality than it seemed when I signed up for it. Here’s the TLDR bit for anyone either with just a passing intertest or a short attention span. I attempted The Line 300 by Cockbain Events, a 328-mile journey, self-supported, carrying a pack,…

Why try The Tunnel?

  I actively enjoy ultra running.  I got into the sport for the big point-to-point challenges, traversing vast landscapes on foot. I love routes that take me through river valleys, over mountain rocks or across sandy bays. I’m endlessly curious to see around the next corner. That’s not what I’m going to get in The…

The Queue vs UTMB

  It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained. Queen Elizabeth II The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images. Carl Jung Man needs difficulties; they…

The Ultralong Journey to UTMB

This time next week I will be in Chamonix awaiting the Friday 26th August start of Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. It’s a prestigious race and for many the ultimate goal of ultrarunning, the nearest thing ultrarunners have to cycling’s Tour de France. It’s a full circuit around Mont Blanc, Europe’s biggest mountain, anti-clockwise from…