Category: Running, Walking and Training
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A Walk from Sittingbourne to Coyner Creek – Saxon Shore Way
9th November 2025 Reading Time: 5 minutes I messed this walk up! By sheer fluke I put “Central Park – Sittingbourne” into the Google Maps machine and we set off from London in the camper van. When we arrived in Sittingbourne for some reason we decided it would be nice to have a stroll down…
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Marlow Half Marathon 2025
2nd November 2025 C’est toujours la meme histoire. Every year since 2012 I have entered the Marlow Half Marathon. It is held near to Guy Fawkes Day and this year the rain stopped and the sun shone the whole way. The race is through gently undulating hills on tarmacked countryside lanes overhung with autumnal leaves…
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Inverness to Dunstaffnage -Gearbox Problem – Scoresby Sund Expedition Leg 3
6th August 2025 Reading Time: Fifteen minutes Storm Floris was due to pass over Scotland on Monday 4th August. I was keen to check on Sumara which was moored in Inverness, but all the sleeper train tickets were sold out. The trains on Monday were all cancelled, although Trainline declined to tell me that, so…
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An Arctic Walk along the Thames?
19th July 2026 Reading Time: 20 minutes I recently organized a short walk alongside the Thames for members of the Arctic Club. It was a wet day with an amber weather warning for thunderstorms. We stopped at various places where I endeavored to find as many Arctic links as possible, some of which were rather…
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A Little Walk from Chilham to Dover along the North Downs Way
28th – 30th March Category: Long Distance Walks Reading time: 10 minutes Although arranged in a bit of a hurry and with scant planning, this proved to be a very pleasant long distance walk. I like to plan to go on a long walk just before BST kicks in, everywhere is quiet and it is…
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Steyning Stinger – Half Marathon – 2025
9th March 2025 Reading Time: Two Minutes I know, another boring running post. The problem is that I started posting about this wonderful run in 2014 and it would seem weird to stop now. It also becomes a tiny little bit interesting now that the data accumulates as it shows how much you slow down…
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Deal Half Marathon – 2025
16th February 2025 You may be wondering what half marathons have to got do with sailing. I first started running as part of my training to climb Beerenberg, the world’s most northerly volcano. I had been caught out a few years earlier when I joined a group of friends skiing the Haute Route. I soon…
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Marlow Half Marathon 2024
3rd November 2024 Reading Time: Two minutes It’s always the same story – never enough training! Last year I had just returned from the North West Passage and this year I had simply been sailing all summer. I don’t know why, but going for a run after a long sail simply doesn’t appeal nearly as…
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Steyning Stinger – Half Marathon – 2024
3rd March 2024 I hung my head in shame when I realised how slowly I had finished this half marathon. My slowest ever by a long chalk. It didn’t feel particularly slow, although I was pretty whacked out by the end. I had no injuries, I had a good nights sleep in the van, I…
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Deal Half Marathon 2024
As far as training goes, am fairly erratic on a day to day, or even a week to week basis, but on a yearly basis I am as regular as clockwork. “Consistency is Key!” is drummed into us by Ryan French who runs the excellent Military Outdoor Fitness group on Blackheath. Whether turning up for…