As many of you know, last month I ran RacingThePlanet’s 250 km self-supported footrace in Nepal…And (surprisingly) WON! It was a very tough race, with an incredible women’s fleet (including second place woman Samantha Gash), but I ultimately came out alive. I know I’ve been quite absent on the blog lately (blame New York – [...]
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It’s 1am and I’m sitting in my hotel room in Geneva, currently en route to Nepal, staring – okay, admiring – the bags of food I have carefully prepared for the week-long race next week in the Himalayas. In fact, I’m admiring them so much that I’ve cracked into my ‘extra’ bag of goodies already. [...]
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Race: Coastal Trail Series, Exmoor Ultra (34 miles) Conditions: Slightly overcast/then sunny, 13 degrees Terrain: Coastal path, some technical trails, mostly grassy…but who had time to notice with all those HILLS??!?!? (“extreme” rating) As any ultrarunner will tell you, there is no such thing as perfect race prep. The last few days before a race, [...]
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Race: Coastal Trail Series, Sussex marathon (27 miles) Date: March 26, 2011 Conditions: Misty/sunny, 10-13 degrees Terrain: Very hilly (“strenuous”) Where do I even begin about this past weekend?? Let’s start with Saturday morning. I hadn’t slept much the night before, and despite setting my alarm for 6:30, I was wide awake before 5:00 am. [...]
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BOOYAH!! Ultrarunnergirl is legitimately an ULTRA-runner-girl once more!!! This past Saturday, after months of DNS / DNF races, I finally started (and finished!) my first post-foot surgery race. And my first race with Speedy. The two of us headed out to the Kent countryside to participate in the “Moonlight Challenge” 50km night race (on a [...]
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Antarctica. Even just the name puts shivers down your spine, doesn’t it? And not just because of the thought of its frigid temperatures. Antarctica conjures up thoughts of adventure of the most extreme kind in a constantly changing landscape. Vast, barren, harsh, and yet stunning all at the same time. Antarctica is surely not for [...]
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About a month ago I had the unique opportunity to act as support crew for four of my close friends – Jenna Eastlake, Mark Mosimann, Alex Wilks and Ric Morris – as they walked their way over 100 km of trail on the South Downs in the 2010 UK Trailwalker. Now, I had been a support [...]
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It is 4pm on the rest day and I’ve been able to read all of your messages up until right before the long day, but the most recent messages haven’t been uploaded yet – itching for more news! The generator here broke down for a while so the cybertent hasn’t really been functional. Competitors have [...]
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I AM SO GLAD STAGE 5 IS OVER!!!!!!!!! It is 9:30 pm here and I finished at 8:55pm tonight…Five minutes shy of 15 hours! WHOA! Sadly your messages from stage 4 onwards haven’t been uploaded yet but I’ll be able to read them tomorrow… and I have all day to blog! REST DAY!! But I’m [...]
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