Run 4 Your Life - Ultra Running

The long awaited holiday and rest has been had. Now to use this motivation to set good habits and lock them in after it fades. Grateful for the experiences being fit allows you to enjoy. We are living on the biggest human playground.

A strange feeling, going from chasing running goals to nothing in the pipeline. I feel like I am back, it’s hard to be yourself when focusing on these achievements. A successful year of growth, I can feel I can take my running to another level, gather everything I have learnt and form a plan to get stronger.

Wow what an endurance weekend of running that was. I would thoroughly recommend The Maverick Jurassic Coast X-Trail 2026 , what a well-organised, friendly event. The scenery was out of this world and regular outposts to top up fuel never made you feel stranded for too long. I go through my lessons learnt to take forward to the next adventure. Where will this running take me.

Trying to articulate my apprehension on my upcoming mission. Mavericks Jurassic Coast 100k trail run. The anxiety is inevitable, its how we learn to deal with it. It’s only in these build up moments and events where growth actually comes from. Planning, learning and preparing is good but the action is required to experience the emotional rollercoaster. The feeling at the top of the mountain cannot be felt by reading about it. The more of these moments we have the more we expand. Ask Super Mario, he had to start and work out level one before moving on.

Tapering madness. I enjoyed the A to Z of running a couple of weeks ago. So I thought I’d do one for life in general. It made me realise how similar running is to the ups and downs of life. Lessons learnt, confidence built and skills acquired are all transferable to the main event.

Everyone complains about the availability of the big events and the expense. There is enough people to run these events hundreds of times over. If not more. Why not support local, where you will be support and welcomed as part of a community. Below are just some suggestion:Field and Forest Ultra:https://www.instagram.com/fieldsandforest_ultra_marathon?stkn=NWVvb3NxamtpZ3d2Coastal Trail Runners:https://www.instagram.com/coastaltrailrunners?stkn=MXdwb3o1c3Bwa2htdQ==Runaway Racing:https://www.instagram.com/runawayracing?stkn=MXdsZmd6NTR3cnJ6MQ==Challenge Running:https://www.instagram.com/challengerunning?stkn=bDQzOGNzYTFhamJyStour Valley Path:https://www.instagram.com/svp100ultra?stkn=MWR5a3Zib3RnMWpweA==Zig Zag Running:https://www.instagram.com/zigzag_running?stkn=dHFyd3V6aTY4endnTop Day Events:https://www.instagram.com/topday_events?stkn=MXM3NWlwMDJ0OXN4eg==Endurance Life:https://www.instagram.com/endurancelife?stkn=MXF4NTdzcGRqN3Q0cA==St Edmunds Pacers:https://www.instagram.com/teampacers_?stkn=enB2MGxvc2o3eGpu

To help with beginners I run through my A to Z of anything running related. From body parts to belief.

If running is your passion then this one is for you. What a pleasure to met both parts of the The Coastal Trail Runners, Dan and Hayley. I had a feeling we only discussed the tip of the iceberg. With a list of achievements between them including SVP50 & 100, The Lap, Race to the Stones, Lakeland 100, The Arc, South Downs Way 100, UTMB and the winter Spine.Great insights into ultra running, kit and training for hills. You can tell they are building more than events, but a welcoming, encouraging community. Please see below for their event list and descriptions. Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/coastaltrailrunners?stkn=MXdwb3o1c3Bwa2htdQ==Website:COASTAL TRAIL RUNNERS - The Fort 20

One year of podcasting, amazing how time flies. Weekly download keeping accountable. Running has become a big part of my life. It’s given me more than just fitness but confidence, friendship and a purpose.

Bit later this week due to another technical error of my part. Always keeping a challenge running helps to keep going when motivation fades. Looking back is a good way of seeing how far you have come.