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Iceland Coast to Coast 2022

7 days ago an intrepid group of individuals, event organisers and Icelandic support crew set off to traverse Iceland from North coast to south coast. I will post separately here on individual days later but the short story is that we finished it successfully. Despite terrible weather on day 2,

CWU - Gallery - 2021

Some of the sunnier landscapes of days 1-4 from CWU 2021.

CWU - Photo Gallery - 2022

Here are a selection of the official photos

CWU - Final Report - Days 4 to 8

Day 4 started well with a slow but unremitting climb up to the coll between Sgorr Ruadh and Beinn Liath Mhòr.  The second part was through excellent running territory with only small interruptions of mud and ankle breaking slopes.  It started wet, but there were dry spells.  The forecast was

CWU - Final Report - Days 1 to 3

So, that's the Cape Wrath Ultra conquered!. Eight days of unrelenting rain, wind and cold temperatures. But what an adventure.   Day 1 - having done this day before I was completely familiar with what was ahead.  However this time, rather than the high temperatures of 2021, it was rain and

Training for CWU.

I just wanted to post the training I have completed in the build up to not one, but two CWU runs over the past 3 years.  This has been a long road with multiple injuries (mostly calf strains which require complete rest) and interruptions from work, unexpected international travel etc.

Tracker for CWU 2022 now LIVE!

Please see details here: How to follow the 2022 Cape Wrath Ultra® — Cape Wrath Ultra® [https://www.capewrathultra.com/news/2021/7/28/how-to-follow-the-2022-cape-wrath-ultra] > My number is 287. Tracker page is here: Cape Wrath Ultra 2022 | Open Tracking [https://live.opentracking.co.uk/capewrathultra22/] LOOK OUT FOR THE FOLLOWING ON

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5 Days to Go...

One more recce done over the weekend!  Travelled to Scotland and now in the final taper week before the big race.  Took an opportunity to do the end of stage 6 and start of stage 7, the last 2 killer stages before the final stretch. Really hoping I get to

Cape Wrath Ultra - 2022

So come Jan 3rd I will be committed to training again for the CWU in Scotland. Follow my progress here. Rough planning looks like this: * End of Jan 2022 - @ 50-75km weekly (at least 2 weeks consecutively) - @5-@10km splits * Feb - gym, stairs, legs, weight loss program and

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Cape Wrath Picture Gallery

2021 Recap and Charity Report

The year 2021 was a disaster for millions of people, so I wont make light of that. This is a round up of 2021 for me and includes the final report and update on the charitable donations from all my generous friends and colleagues for the victims of the Pa'Derung

Race Day 1,2, 3, and ... Disappointment

The CWU set off from Fort William in brilliant sunshine. I could wax lyrical about the first 3 days, brilliant sunshine, 30 degrees and terrific hills, heat stroke, killer hills, sunburn, hills.....but that would be unfair. The organisation was superb, the food not so much.  Again, I found it

CWU Final preparation 👌

My final prep is coming to an end. All the training and runs over the past 3 years come to a head this Sunday with the CWU race 2021. My stats are impressive (for me anyway😊). * 2018 : Running - 44 runs - 58hrs - 569.4km (12 months) - Elevation

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Raising Money for a tragedy

Please donate here: https://uk.gofundme.com/manage/pa-derung-longhouse-fire There are lots of tragedies and people in need in these pandemic days. However, losing your home and possessions on top of coping with COVID can only add misery to misery. In Sarawak near Bario an 8-door longhouse block and a

Back in the Saddle 👌

So first week recovering from the back strain was agony.  Standing up to work was ok for 15 minutes, sitting down followed that and then the pain kicked in...4 days or working in the house rotating my environment like that. 😒 Finally, I knew I had to get out. So,

Injured! 😢

It began with a simple thing - packing the car to drive to UK to get ahead of the game for COVID quarantine and hill time for bogs, paths, trails and midges. Disaster struck on the last final piece (no joke) of luggage being pushed into the boot of the

Back on the Treadmill

The long 11 week run in to the CWU begins.  I have been taking it easy for the last 10 days, its been busy at work, two days off, so a long weekend and some golf. Tomorrow kicks it off with 40km split into 15-10-15 runs morning, lunchtime and evening.

Long Run

With a weeks holiday coming to a close, I decided to go for a long run - to check where physical ailments would show up as I extend distance.  This was essentially a road run on paths - all flat. Weather was forecast for cloud and no rain - perfect.

Training "Crash"

So, once I finished the 150km week, I took a week off.  Not a good idea. First day back after 7 run free days (2 rounds of golf though), I ran 15, 10, 15 on the Monday. Tuesday, I woke up with really heavy legs but managed 15 in the

Weekly 150KM Target Hit 👍

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reached 150km this week. But its hard at the end.  Legs take about 10 minutes to get going at the beginning of each run.  After that they just get to a pain threshold which is comfortable.  No injuries, no strains, just a steady pace, keeping heartrate around 135-140 if

100KM in a Working Week 👍

Successfully managed 100km in 5 days,: 4 x 20km (2 x 10km), 1 x 20km Target now is to get to 1150km per week by end March.  To try and ensure no overdoing it (keep average heartrate around 140bpm) the weeks will go like this: * w/c 1st - 75km

CWU Postponed

The Cape Wrath Ultra has, because of indications from England, and no indications from Scotland, been postponed 2 months until the 1st-8th August. I guess we were all expecting it but nevertheless its too far to continue the same build up, but not far enough to slow down the training

CWU Training Update

CWU update status

Cape Wrath Ultra - 2021

This blog/page will document my journey to (of course) completing the Cape Wrath Ultra, 400km over 8 days through the highlands of Scotland. Stay tuned...

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Saving the (disappearing) Windows 10 Lock Screen Images

Window 10 lock screen images come and go - driven by Microsoft.  They are always unique and typically you wish you could save them for future background images. Well its possible. Windows 10 lock screen image files are uniquely named (without a file type) and are created and saved (albeit