running – Cross the UK

The running shoe

Cross the UK: Merrell Vapor Glove 3 Review

28/05/201913/08/2019 Mick Fenwick 1 Comment Merrell, running, Vapor Glove, Vibram

Trainers. I’ve had lots, like lots but loved few. Equate it with anything else you’d like but finding the perfect

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The slant board and wobble board

Trail Running Training Ultra Marathon

Barefoot and sore calves: A transition to forefoot running (Part two – The beginning)

17/09/201817/09/2018 Mick Fenwick 0 Comments barefoot, Fenwick, forefoot, form, Merell, mick, performance, running, Trail, trail running, Training, ultra, Ultramarathon, Vapor Glove

In the beginning there was…. pain. Like many a runner I had turned to Chris McDougall’s ‘Born to Run’ for

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Destroyed after completing my first Lyke Wake Challenge

Advice Trail Running Training Ultra Marathon

Barefoot and sore calves: A transition to forefoot running (Part One – Why now?)

15/09/201816/09/2018 Mick Fenwick 4 Comments barefoot, Fenwick, forefoot, marathon, mick, motivation, running, Training, transition, ultra

So here I sit on my 38th birthday contemplating the eternal question “What next?” I’d love to feel a sense

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Hardmoors 55 2018

Cross the UK: Review of the Hardmoors 55 2018

10/04/201812/04/2018 Mick Fenwick 1 Comment 2018, Hardmoors, Hardmoors 55, race, running, trail running

Hardmoors 55: 2018 As I begin typing this review I feel a sense of impending doom (a little like I

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The great outdoors Trail Running

Cross the UK: Ultramarathon Men Part Two

13/02/201815/02/2018 Mick Fenwick 0 Comments 55, Adventure, Hardmoors, marathon, run, running, Trail, ultra, Ultramarathon

Well here we are…. 10 weeks in to our 16 week training plan and we’ve clocked up around 450 miles

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Adventure The great outdoors Trail Running

Cross the UK: Trail Running in the Cairngorms Part Two – Lairig Ghru

20/11/201722/11/2017 Mick Fenwick 0 Comments cairngorms, Highlands, Inov 8, Lairig an Laoigh, Lairig Ghru, Linn of Dee, running, Scotland, Trail, trail running, Training, training run

After a good nights sleep at Glenmore Lodge we were ready for action on day two. Stoney taped up his

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