James Elson

Texas in February. I'm going to start this post in the style of a true Englishman, talking about the weather. I first came out to run ...

Thanks to all of you that read this blog over the last few years. The webmasters over at Centurion Running have moved this blog including ...

Monday: zippo Tuesday: 3.5 miles 0h33 Wednesday: 14.3 miles 2h27 Thursday: 14.3 miles 2h23 Friday: 14.3 miles 1h59 Saturday: zippo Sun...

I am trying to put together a string of consistent daily training runs. My chest infection has cleared but it has left a case of pretty bad ...

That's the number of people in the  Hardrock  lottery today - for 104 slots. That represents (according to somebody else) a 9% of chance...

On the way back, very very slowly. One day at a time, one run at a time. First week back with regular running for 6 weeks or so which is goo...

On Sunday I went out and jogged a few very slow miles and felt no pain at all in my shin or knee. On Monday I did the same, again nothing. I...

Back in January Mark Wooley wrote an epilogue to being injured, sharing with everybody a little nugget of advice which I should have heeded ...

I always intended to have a race I went back to year after year. It is after all great to stick with an event and support it from the outset...

This is a subject that deserves looking in to in a lot more detail but this week a few things really started to ring through just how much o...

After launching the SDW100 entries yesterday, we had the usual initial flurry of quick fire registrations. One of the pre-requisites on the ...

Entries are now live for the South Downs Way 100, 'the big dance'. 200 places for 200 lucky runners.... Here are the details. The...

I wasn't going to do it, then I was, then I wasn't. In the end I threw my name in there. With such a slim hope of getting a place th...

Lottery season is in full swing and the big ones are all filling up fast. It seems that the sport really is reaching peak levels now. AJW eu...

It is definitely time I turned over a new leaf. For a long time I've been wallowing in the depths of debilitating injuries, constantly a...

I've had a lot of help and support this week from different people regards the latest injury. I mentioned at the beginning of the last p...

When I came off my bike 10 days ago potentially caused a much graver issue than my assumed 'inflamed ITB' self-diagnosis. I will say...

Friday morning I got up with a spring in my step, anticipating a pretty exciting weekend. The schedule I had in mind included recce-ing the ...

Yesterdays recce took me from Hampton Court Palace (mile 7.47) to Windsor Castle (mile 28.3). I've seen this part of the Thames quite a ...

Monday 5 miles 0:45: Slow local run after bigger week last week Tuesday 14 miles 2:45: Recce of Hollingbourne to Wye - The last 14 miles o...

Lots of updates to the Centurion Site tonight: 2012 NDW50/100 mile races are now open for registrations, limited to first 150 entrants in ...

It's official. In 2012 the NDW100 will run 100 miles point to point from Farnham in the West to the village of Wye in the East. The NDW5...

A couple of weeks ago I started running again for the first time after Leadville, breaking out with three 8 milers in the space of a week or...

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...