South Downs Way sign near Littleton Farm  Last weekend Claire and I  grabbed a rare day in the bank holiday weekend sun on Sunday to run from checkpoint 3 at Littleton Farm to Checkpoint 4 near the River Arun. Claire running up towards Glatting Beacon on the South Downs Way  We set off with the aim to run a fast pace of under 12 minute miles again. We have also been mixing up our training by taking advantage of some of the fitness classes at Charterhouse Gym as we got 2 weeks free memebership for helping to marshall the 1k, … Continue reading Mounting Toby, Seeing Bognor from Bignor, Roman Villas and Oxfam – Trailwalker Training Run Checkpoint 3-4 Littleton Farm to Arun River

We started the training run on Sunday with me having written 12m 30 on my left wrist.  This wasnt for distance or time, but for pace.  Claire at ‘checkpoint 2’ of trailwalker near Cocking on the South Downs Way The record for completing Trailwalker is 9 hours and 50 mins set by a Gurkha team a few years ago, although that isnt the record that caught our eye. The one that did was the time for a mixed gender team. Some quick maths told us that we would need to manage consistent sub 12 minute miles to have any kind … Continue reading Trailwalker Training Run Checkpoint 2 to 3 Cocking to Littleton Farm

Curry ?……..and Long Distance Running? …….Yes! After running 108 miles of The Greensand Way last year over the jubilee weekend (and raising £4000 for charity)  we were looking for something new this year as a running challenge.  When the chance to do 2.5 marathons over terrain with more climbing than Ben Nevis and Snowdon combined…..we thought about it……………when we heard they cooked Gurkha curry on the route…………. we signed up.  We’ve all maintained good fitness over the winter. Claire (hashing name Scrum Muffin) and I (hashing name Little Pecker) have done a lot of hashing, and an epic run from … Continue reading Trailwalker Training Checkpoint 2 – Running on the South Downs Way