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I'm pretty sure that St Michael's Mount on a slightly hazy day will never be anything but magic.
Arc50 in 3 weeks and this is the first time I've been back on this section of coast path since my big adventure in 2018 🤦‍♀️ Chris joined me for the section from Minack to Land's End, where the wind was strong enough that he was being shoved around - luckily on that bit it was pushing away from the cliff edge... I carried on to Zennor after he turned back, and somehow, despite having the route on my damned watch, I still managed to get lost twice round Sennen Cove 🙈 I swear that beach is cursed 🤬 Still, managed to recce a good portion of the route ahead of race day - suffice to say I'm expecting ankle breaker boulders and mud, mud, and, ah, more mud. And if literally nothing else, it felt damned good to be back on the Coast Path after far too long away 🌊🏄‍♀️💕
I don't know what this next decade or year is going to hold, but I'm glad I get the chance to find out. One day, one mile, at a time.
The Seven Sins Immortal in 3 photos: Panic - trying to get to the halfway point against a really tight cutoff, having lost time on water crossings (wading under a bridge) and some frankly ridiculous mud, so having to put the jets on at even the slightest hint of grip. Still missed it by about 2mins 🤦‍♀️ Determination - the race director let me and a few others through given the state of the course, but they'd already sent the runners for the 7 Sins race off. So it was business face on and time to go 7 miler catching. Pride - the final water crossing, having raced the course braver than I knew I could. I fell down while going up the 2nd hill on the back half (hello shin deep slippy mud), so painted a war stripe on and got on with it. I pushed way harder than I normally would have done, and had made it round in one piece. Just that one bridge and a quarter mile to the finish from there. For anyone considering the Seven Sins or Immortal next year - do it! It's bloody tough but an absolute corker 😁 #racedaystories
Reality of December - Advent Running is frequently just squeezing in runcommutes in the cold and dark, carving out half hours here and there for yoga, or just trying to total up enough time walking. So here's a throwback to an afternoon hiking up in the Peak District because I'm exhausted and tearful and really just wanting sleep and to avoid people for a few days. Feeling incredibly thankful that I'm working from home until Christmas and then actually off until the new year. So I'm going to dream about quiet trail days and evenings snuggled up with a book.
AR Day 4.... Pros of morning runcommuting - great winter sunrises and pretty misty parks 🌄 Cons of morning runcommuting - slippy slidy frost and black ice ❄ Still worth it 👌 #adventrunning #runforsprouts

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I'm pretty sure that St Michael's Mount on a slightly hazy day will never be anything but magic.
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Lessons from Barn Swallows

The summer wind brought me in and I came to rest In the harbour where he found me; Wind-circler, carrying … Continue reading Lessons from Barn Swallows

Trail Magic
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Trail Magic

They say that salt water is a great purifier So I will run to the sea Turn my bones to … Continue reading Trail Magic

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Telling the Story

It has been nearly 8 months now since I completed the South West Coast Path and I still struggle to … Continue reading Telling the Story

Tales from the Trail: Inconvenient Water
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Tales from the Trail: Inconvenient Water

So it’s been a little while since I did a proper write up but this one seems apt to start … Continue reading Tales from the Trail: Inconvenient Water

Tales from the Trail – Homecoming
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Tales from the Trail – Homecoming

And on the fifth day, I was in Devon. My running buddy John had decided to come down and run … Continue reading Tales from the Trail – Homecoming

Tales from the Trail – Dorset
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Tales from the Trail – Dorset

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Saddle Up

It’s go time. Eighteen months of preparation, of training, worrying, pushing myself to the limits of what I could handle, … Continue reading Saddle Up

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