James Elson

Back out again for an hour last night and still no pain. Three days in a row now on my feet. Starting to look at a few things in November ...

Tonight I finally landed back on my feet. I am not going to get carried away and claim that I am 100% fit but it was awesome to be out the d...

A couple of things that have really got me excited recently. Here is Jared Campbell previous Hardrock 100 winner running the most insane s...

I haven't run a step yet since Leadville, I just wanted to give it a proper rest for a while and get some of the hunger back - and it...

All of the above are now live at on our website It feels good to finally close a chapter on our first race and move on with the plans for ...

I have learned a lot this year. I always expected that it would take me a long time to understand the fundamentals of ultrarunning and the w...

Albeit I'm at the start of a long road to recovery, the 2012 season begins here really, with the opening up of entry and lotteries to ne...

The inaugural North Downs Way Races took place over the weekend of the 13th/ 14th August 2011. As with other Centurion Running events, the s...

A very hectic week since we returned from Leadville. I landed Tuesday lunch time and then moved house that afternoon, with a family wedding ...

Leadville had always been high up on my list of dream races. As it was we flew out to the mountains, the Tuesday before the race and I was b...

The front page of the Centurion Running website has now been changed to show the webcast we will have over race weekend. Lots of cool stuff ...

This weekend is the calm before the storm. This time next week we will have had 100 Marathon runners and 100 50 milers cross the finish line...

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 ...