James Elson

Well pretty much everything is in place now for our inaugural races on the 13th/ 14th August. This morning I opened up the online registra...

Two warnings on this blog report, graphic description of poorly performing bodily functions and a pretty downbeat spin on things. It won...

This past weekend I had a blast managing the 3rd Checkpoint on the South Downs Way 103 mile trail race from Eastbourne to Winchester. I have...

That is quite a scary thought, yet I am by no means the only one in that boat. I am always amazed by the feats of others in the ultrarunning...

I have had a rough week!!!! I am starting to recognise that the 5th major factor in my Grand Slam attempt beyond each of the 4 races is in f...

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...