James Elson

In the race manual it gives 'Trashed Quads' as one of the main reasons for not finishing Western States 100. I had never really had ...

Obviously a full and overblown race report will follow but I wanted to say thanks to all the people that sent messages and e mails wishing m...

I arrived in Reno last night after a 22 hour journey yesterday and drove up to Truckee from there. Truckee is 8 miles down the hill from Squ...

Well my training is done, taper well under way and I'm pretty sure I have my nutrition and hydration strategy really 'dialed in'...

Plenty of guys out there offering odds on Western States right. Try irunfar's outstanding site with a prediction table to be launched h...

We set up a poll on the website to see which races the people coming across Centurion Running wanted to run the most. The objective was to ...

Just a message to anybody reading this who has signed up for the NDW races. Thank you. When we set up the Mara, 50 and 100 in November 2010,...

Last night I got e mail confirmation from Greg Soderlund the RD of Western States that the race is definitely on. Rumours had been circulati...

Just returned from a great trip to South Africa, sadly it didn't involve me doing pretty much any running but I'm starting to make m...

I finally have some clarity on why I've been injured for so long and keep failing to get well enough to sustain running for more than ju...

I fractured my shin on 7th February. I resumed training after the fracture was diagnosed, in a cast. Since then 10 weeks have passed and I h...

18 Days until I'm supposed to line up on the startline of Comrades. I don't want to say too much right now as I'm so disillusion...

Just a little gauge of how I'm currently faring vs this time 2010, today last year was the Three Forts Marathon which I ran in a time of...

Having a think again last night about next July. I am sorely tempted to have another crack at Badwater but that will depend on whether I get...

When I first started out in this game called running I didn't really have any specific goals other than to train for and complete the Ma...

Well my shin is still as sore as ever. It's fast approaching the point where I'm just not going to be able to get any training in fo...

Congratulations to everyone who ran the London Marathon or Oner today. As usual my friend Martin Gaunt put in the best time of anyone I know...

It's been a long week and I'm coming out of it with mixed emotions. Running wise my shin is painful when I apply pressure to it, fee...

This week I quit my day job to go and live the dream. I plan to invest the summer making the first Centurion Event on the North Downs Way al...

The best thing about finishing races is being able to look back on them and wince. I hadn't ever seen these shots form Badwater before, ...

Most of the comments regarding my attempt at the slam are along the lines of 'you're injured so how are you going to run.' It...