James Elson

As discussed in the previous post I have never been good at logging big mileage weeks. Big is also a loose term when it comes to training. F...

Today I had to delve into my treasure chest of inspiration to force myself out of the door to run. I find this only happens when im in the m...

I hadn't really intended to race this weekend for various reasons but in the end I decided Id bite the bullet and do three forts, it was...

Yesterday marked the most important date in the UK running calender. 36,000 runners descended on our city from all over the world to run the...

  This year the aim is to knock off Badwater and UTMB from the running Bucket List (see link right). Next year its all about 100 milers. B...

This year it didn't really suit the programme to hammer out the ONER with travelling to Washington and my 3 hour busting attempt, but I ...

The Capitol Coming Out of the Underpass Mile 10 Finish Line: 2 58 29 Gun Time. Absolutely over the moon. I'm sitting back at Franks hou...

The second year in a row Ive run the small but exquisitely organised Steyning Stinger marathon. Peter Boquet my good friend from the 4desert...

Starting to get the kind of miles in that I hope for on a regular basis. I still get frustrated that really I only have enough energy for 10...

I got the results of this race sent to me today & I was 4th fastest over the course so I figured I'd write about it. Winter Tanner...

I came into this race in pretty good form. Monday I ran a hard 10 miles and Tuesday I head down the track for 6pm and turned out 11 miles in...

We started this race in Wendover at about 8am Jan 16th. This was Pete from Clear Channels first ultra so I was pacer and videographer for th...

The Sahara Race kicked off during the last week of October and I flew out the night before our transfer into the desert as Id already used a...