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Writing: some runner profiles

A few more medium length reads for lockdown time. This lot are profiles of some of the most interesting members of the fell-running pantheon. Some great characters in there. The articles are from my blog (usually as PDF downloads), and all were published at various times in The Fellrunner magazine. Click the highlighted name/links to read. Hope you find something to enjoy.

Jack Maitland – latterly on coaching team for the Brownlee brothers

Hugh Symonds – author of brilliant running book ‘Running...

Book recommendation #4

Owter is a new book service which helps authors get a better return on their book sales. I will be recommending good running and outdoor books via my page on the site.

The fourth recommendation is Christopher McDougall’s ‘Born to Run’, with its subtitle – ‘A Hidden Tribe, The Ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen’. The blurb says: “At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the ...

Why pre-order books?

A short reminder of why readers pre-ordering books can be SO important to authors, publishers and booksellers.

The publishing industry is in some difficulty printing, distribution and selling are seriously disrupted. Publishers are cutting books from their schedules, and some are nervous about printing and publishing those already in their schedules. Authors will have put a lot of themselves into telling their stories. The strength of pre-orders can really help make books happen.

If you have...

Book recommendation #3

Owter is a new book service which helps authors get a better return on their book sales. I will be recommending good running and outdoor books via my page on the site.

[image error]The third recommendation is Adharanand Finns The Rise of the Ultra Runners, in which he goes to the heart of the sport to find out if it is an antidote to modern life and to see if he could become an ultra runner himself. His journey took him from the deserts of Oman to the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies, and on to his...

Writing: some more running stuff

A few more short/medium reads for lockdown time. This lot are fell-running related pieces from my blog, a couple of which were published. Click the highlighted links to read. Hope you find something to enjoy.

Do increasing numbers run on fells to escape the urban environment?
Connections: A Wainwright, B Graham, H Munro endurance challenges
Thoughts on maps and navigation an article from Fellrunner [PDF]
Good game. A BGR from the roadside supporting a friends day on tfells
Peak...

Writing: some running stuff

[image error]In this difficult time of covid-19 lockdown folk might be looking for something more to read that is not about the virus and my be more positive or point to good times to come. Listed below are links to some of my writing on running mostly blog posts, but sometimes published externally:

The dark art of coaching Like the Wind article [PDF]
Memories [of running days] Like the Wind article [PDF]
Chronic fatigue syndrome 4 case studies (in Fellrunner) [PDF]
An antidote to lifes worries some...

Book recommendation #2

Owter is a new book service which helps authors get a better return on their book sales. I will be recommending good running and outdoor books via my page on the site.

[image error]The second is Jonny Muirs The Mountains are Calling, in which he considers the origins of running in the hills, the beauty of it, and also the recent commercialisation of the sport (which definitely grates with him and some with whom he speaks). It fully justifies its longlisting for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year....

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Owter is a new book service which helps authors get a better return on their book sales. I will be recommending good running and outdoor books via my page on the site.

[image error]First is Steve Birkinshaws There is No Map in Hell, which tells in gory detail the story of his successful Running the Wainwrights record run of 2014. It fully justifies its nomination for the Lakeland Book of Year (2017). When I reviewed it I described it thus:

He modestly describes the toll it takes as his body gradually...

Reflections on Virtual Running

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This last week has seen the instigation of a Virtual National Road Relay Championships. It was setup by James McCrae, with the  hope that it would encourage some keen competition for runners in this time of coronavirus lockdown. Rules included:

Run through the innovative OpenTrack platform, athletes will run a 5km leg in their local area, measured by their GPS watch. They will then upload this to the central results platform, which will update over the five days, allowing athletes and team...

A new winter Bob Graham Round record – a Compass Sport article

A new article has been added to my blog. It is a report on Kim Collinsons new winter Bob Graham Round record, which resulted from a long chat I had with him in December, just after he had taken the record. It was published in the February issue of Compass Sport magazine, and can be downloaded here [PDF link].[image error]

NB: The next blog will give links to several articles I have written in the last couple of years, together with some longer blog posts hopefully something will be interest to folk in...