October 8, 2025
There has been a lengthy twenty-two-month hiatus in my blog posting! It could be assumed that my odyssey was languishing in the doldrums, and precious little running had been done. Far from it.
August 31, 2023
‘Beaver Fever’. What the hell is that?
Was I going to be aggressively attacked by fevered beavers?
May 3, 2023
December 31, 2022
Another year comes to a conclusion and time, once again, to reflect on the last twelve months. On the surface 2022 has been a quiet year […]
August 30, 2022
Greenland Odyssey part 3. MFU and pull up your big girl pants.What had happened to me? Had I gone soft over the last two years? Where was my strength, my determination? Why was I so frustrated and angry.
August 30, 2022
Global Odyssey Greenland part 2.
What now; a good cry for starters.
August 29, 2022
Part 1 of the Global Odyssey Greenland 100k. Greenland is not an easy or straightforward country. We learned time is fluid, plans have to be flexible and patience is a necessity.
June 17, 2022
It is the eve of the Global Odyssey 100 Greenland expedition. This is it: the final continent, and fates allowing the conclusion of this epic journey. […]
April 11, 2020
As ever I was the first person to rise the morning after the my 100k, and I needed food. The highly nutritious post run supper of crisps and beer had hit the spot at the time but did not provide quality recovery sustenance. I found coffee and freshly baked bread in the kitchen which I supplemented with our supplies to make a tasty if slightly odd breakfast. Then I sat in the quiet munching away and reflecting on the previous day.
March 30, 2020
The Global Odyssey has reached another milestone after a stormy period in rough waters. On 8th February 2020 I ran Global Odyssey New Zealand 100k to complete the Oceania stage of the Odyssey
December 31, 2019
As I write this on the last day of 2019 with one run to go my year’s mileage sits at 1,370 miles and my year will probably end on 1,376, or thereabouts. A lower mileage than in recent years. The last year of the decade has been one hell of a year: extreme highs and extreme lows with everything in between. Quite apart from the Global Odyssey, life’s odyssey took me on a path I had not expected to encounter for some years.
June 10, 2019
The head torch is out. A slight edge of panic sets in. Part 2 of the Global Odyssey Patagonia 100