Heroes of running

If you don't already know about these dudes, then you're in for a treat and some serious reading. If you're ever feeling unmotivated, that you've lost your mojo or that you want to quit, just read about one of these guys and their heroic feats of running and I guarantee you'll be itching to get [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:17+01:0013 April 2012|

Running heroes: Caballo Blanco

In Christopher McDougall's best seller 'Born to Run' he travells to the depths of Mexico to find "the phantom known as Caballo Blanco - the White Horse". An American man who had lived with the Tarahumara, a 'tribe' of people who can run 50, 100 miles, even more without seeming to get injured, Caballo Blanco was, [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:22+01:0020 September 2011|

Running legends: extreme feats

This weekend I've been reading a lot about Stefaan Engels. If you haven't heard of him, I'm sure he'll be in every running-related magazine soon as he's just run 365 marathons over 365 consecutive days. That's 9,569 miles - or around twice the length of Africa. Imagine being on the tip of South Africa and [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:34+01:007 February 2011|

Running legends: Ron Hill

As Janathon approaches, I've been trying to channel my inner Ron Hill. A few posts back I wrote about Mr Hill and how he has run every day for nearly half a century. He's definately someone who I'll be thinking about as I tackle my 34 days of running every day. If you don't know [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:39+01:0031 December 2010|
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