I’m exhausted today and I’ve just about made it upstairs in time to plug the laptop in before it dies due to lack of battery, and after a break from talking about the training for a few weeks I’m back on it. This week’s training was the start of a new cycle of training… For […]
Category Archives: Ultras
My First Ultra
I’ve done it! I’ve just entered my first ultra marathon and I’m so excited. Honestly, I’m like a kid at Christmas and with two young girls in the house and it being nearly Christmas the excitement level in the Gardner household is nearly at squealing level, poor Kev… A couple of days ago I entered […]
Comrades Marathon: What goes up, must come down
Comrades Marathon, the world’s oldest and largest ultra marathon run over a distance of approximately 90 km (56 ish miles) between Pietermaritzburg and the coastal city of Durban in South Africa. The direction of the race alternates each year between the ‘up run’ in odd numbered years that starts in Durban and runs up to […]