The preparation for this race has been a year in the making and we have had a blast! It has snowed, hailed, rained (and rained some more!), sunshine, moonlight, rainbows, minus temperatures and 37 degree yoga! Hundreds of hours of training with over 112km swam in the pool, 100 hours of Strengthening and conditioning in the gym, and over 1200km of running, walking and hiking! I will post our race numbers and a link to track us later in the week!

Amazing weekend in beautiful Northumberland. Such an amazing place for my first Ultra, doesn’t get much better than running along this fantastic coast line from castle to castle! This was 58km of challenging terrain, we had it all, mud, streams, stepping stones over rivers, styles and gates galore, sand dunes, beaches, and even a bit of rock climbing when the tide came in and no beach was left! The weather couldn’t have been better for a winter event, it was awesome from start to finish! 6 weeks to go and feeling positive and excited!

For those who like the details here’s a look at what an average week’s training looks like! Wednesday & Friday: Strength & Conditioning - then Sauna, only source of heat training! Thursday: Hill training. 6km hilly intervals Early morning with head torches - fav session of the week! Saturday: 30-35km canal Run/Walk out, Jog back Sunday: 15-20km Hilly Hike with the dog! Monday: 13km threshold run, toughest session of week, faster paced run on tired legs! Tuesday: Rest Day! Most looked forward to session of the week!!!