Tag: Running
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Isolation Adventures: 10 ideas for keeping active under lockdown
So, the lockdown continues. Another three weeks here in the UK and no doubt more to come. On the plus side, we have at least been allowed more freedom for getting outside and staying active. The challenge, as is often the case, is probably more mental than physical. How do you stay motivated when you’re…
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Running a Marathon at Marathon (in full Greek garb)
Grant winner Joshua Powell describes his attempt to run a marathon at Marathon dressed as a Greek soldier. Running a Marathon at Marathon by Joshua Powell It was October 2016 and I was approaching the end of English Heritage’s ‘1066 March’, marking the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. We had traced…
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A Homemade ‘IronMan’ in the Candian Rockies
In his application for The Next Challenge Grant, German student Hajo Spathe wrote: I have never seen a more beautiful place than the Canadian Rockies! Turquoise lakes like emeralds and the Icefield Parkway Highway is just breathtaking.” His idea was to undertake an IronMan-style triathlon in this beautiful land he had discovered. His Canadian ‘RockieMountainsIronman’…
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Running from Italy to England
Six years ago, Dan Keeley was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and experienced a dangerous manic episode whilst in Rome. Six months ago, he went back to Rome to exorcise his demons, which he did in remarkable style by running over one thousand miles back home. Here’s Dan’s story… [one_sixth]–[/one_sixth][two_third][box] The Next Challenge Grant Dan’s trip…
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Running Up Every ‘Munro’ Mountain in Scotland
At the end of last year, two women achieved a remarkable feat: they ran up 282 mountains, back-to-back over 77 days, running more than 1,000 miles on the way. Libby and Lisa were the biggest winners in last year’s Next Challenge Grant, getting an award of £600. Their challenge was to climb all of the…
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Running the Channel Islands
The Channel Islands might not be the first destination that springs to mind when planning an expedition but it is eactly where Next Challenge Grant winner, Amanda McDonnell, chose for her adventure earlier this year. She ran 110 miles across the five main islands over the course of a week. Her story is below. In…
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Running the Three Peaks
Next Challenge Grant winner Tina Page has just run the British Three Peaks: Snowden, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. She didn’t just run up them, she ran between them too: 500 miles in total. And, to cap it all off, she only started running three years ago. That fact somehow makes her feat seem both…
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A thousand miles barefoot across South Africa
2016 Next Challenge Grant winner Thommo Hart recently walked and ran one thousand miles across South Africa, with his friend Simphiwe Ngcobo. They dragged carts filled with their supplies across tar so hot you could fry an egg on it (which they did). They marched through sand and over rocks with their feet rubbed raw,…
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Difficulty Isn’t Proportional to Distance – A 5,000 Mile Run Around the Coast of Great Britain
At the start of 2013, Elise Downing was not a runner. But a little over two years later, she was setting off to run 5,000 miles. Her remarkable run around the coast of Great Britain kept me constantly entertained, inspired and mind blown for its entire ten months’ duration. How could someone run that far?…
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7 Books About Running
I’ve been getting back into running recently so thought I’d share some books on the subject. My outdoor swimming and cycle touring reading lists are much more comprehensive so recommendations on good running books are most welcome. [divide] 1. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami A book about a…
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From Never Having Run a 5k to Running 5,000 Miles
Last month we awarded a series of small grants to some people with great adventure ideas. Over the coming months, we’ll hear more about each of those adventures in the winners’ own words as I host guest blogs from them all. One of the winners was Elise Downing. She started her challenge of running around…
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Hands up if you’re running a mile a day
At the beginning of this year, Tim and I agreed to run the equivalent of a mile for every day of 2015. We invited people to join us and we were really pleased that several people did. So how’s it going? We started off on 1 January with heavy legs and unwilling minds. Our bodies…