Runner, environmentalist, energy expert, heat pumps, renewables, Colin.
Next races: Hurtwood 50k Dec 26; Arctic challenge 26.2 Finland Feb 2027.
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Last Notes npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Attention runners of the far north! I need some advice on footwear for doing a marathon in Arctic Finland next February. Could be -20C with windchill. I’ve never run in much snow before so this is new territory. Advice welcome😀 #running #trailrunning npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Awwww no☹️ Sorry for your loss Lee. I can see where you got your cake habit from😉 Virtual man hugs to you and your family. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin New PB at #parkrun this morning, and my best age-graded 5k. Local Parkrun is at the former USAF nuclear site at Greenham Common. It’s now a lovely country park. Waited around for my son and wife to finish, then jogged home on my own for another 9km through West Berkshire. #trailrunning npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin 🤯 That is bonkers. Bravo👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Here’s to another great year💪🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Really enjoyed my birthday ultra yesterday. Just under 50km with plenty of elevation (about 1450m). Finished in just over 7 hours. Paced it well and finished strongly, helped by the last 5k being mostly downhill😁 #trailrunning #ultramarathon Highly recommend this race. It was very scenic. Mortimer midwinter trail ultra in Shropshire. They also do a summer edition. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin God-tier cake choice Lee👌🏻😋 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I had a great time volunteering at Chiltern Wonderland 50 (mile) #ultramarathon yesterday. Very glad I wasn’t running. About a third of the runners were attacked by a big nest of very angry wasps (or hornets depending on who you ask). We were dealing with runners with multiple stings and in a lot of pain. One guy must have had 20 stings. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I’m my early days of running circa 2018 I connected gradually with a great running tribe on Tw*tter, before it went down the pan and I found you Mastonauts. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin ☹️Ah, bad news Lee. Hope he’s comfortable and not too bad🤞🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Preceded by a nice mountain run, 2 pints and a glass of Penderyn👌🏻 Day of champions😄 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Get that @npub1xmw…4d4d Warm Bakewell and blackberry ice cream npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin That is a HUGE milestone. Well done😃👍🏼 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I’ve never *really* pushed my pace as I was trying to avoid injury with ultramarathons booked in the calendar. Now I’ve ticked off my main ultra goals I’ve started to have fun in the last couple of weeks pulling my finger out a bit with some proper pace work. Hopefully it’ll translate to better long running too🤞🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Crikey, the pace on you sir 🫡 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Yes, knocking off nearly 8 seconds from her PB is a big ask, even with drafting, fancy shoes, male pacers etc. I can’t even turn my legs over that fast😂 If I did a full sub 7 minute mile I’d head to the pub to celebrate. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Good luck to Faith Kipyegon in her attempt to be the first woman to run a sub 4 minute mile in Paris this evening. I did sprint intervals of 15 seconds on Tuesday and at full speed the best I could manage was 4:51 pace. Sub-4 is *substantially* faster than I can sprint🤯 In fairness, she’s nearly half my age and a pro runner, but that target is still bonkers fast. #running https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/25/nike-pr-stunt-or-giant-leap-forward-faith-kipyegon-aims-to-make-history npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I would never bet against a professional😂 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Where I am away from reliable supplies of water or food, my pack can quickly be 6-7kg or more which is not much fun to run with, so it will be a run/walk exercise and somewhat slow. On previous trips I have found (for my fitness) that a marathon is about as much distance as I want to do each day for 2 or more days otherwise I never get to stop and explore anywhere. So now I plan short and run long if time allows. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Not too far. By the time we have travelled to the start on Friday it will be early afternoon, so perhaps 10 miles/16km Friday, and 20 miles/32k on Saturday before we need to travel home early Sunday. The coast path is quite hilly. I am sure we can do a little more distance but if the weather is nice we want to allow time for a swim in the sea or other exploring anything interesting we find….like cake shops😄 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin With a gap between trail marathons until September, I’m planning a two night #fastpacking trip along the Jurassic Coast of Dorset in early July with my wife. After long #ultramarathons in December and April it’s great to be aiming for something low stress with flexible timing and nights out under the stars again, and even better to be planning to do it together with the new runner in the family😀 #trailrunning #running npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I’m loving Maya Lakhani’s new single, and her pride in her roots. More power to her elbow👏🏼 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Awesome work😀💪🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin A dry May has in many ways been a bonus for English trail runners. The nettle and bramble have delayed their growth giving us a rare interval when the trails are neither sodden bogs nor totally overgrown👌🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I hauled my sickly ass out of bed to take my son for his first ParkRun at Newbury this morning. He did really well with only a few very short walks. Time around 36:30. My slowest ParkRun by a long way, but definitely my son’s personal best 👌🏻 Chilly run though #running #trailrunning npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I’ve not been paying attention much recently while home renovations are going but I hope you’re medical investigations have positive outcomes 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin 5.5 miles on the road this evening with a couple of miles at threshold pace. Last hard workout for a while. Perhaps a couple of very short, easy runs now before https://centurionrunning.com/races/winter-downs-100-2024 next week. the race weather forecast does not look too bad at the moment👍🏼 #UltraRunning #ultramarathon #running #trailrunning npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin congratulations, and 7 hours for a 50k trail race is solid👍🏼 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I like to take credit for it but it’s a team effort😆 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I’d just like to say that my 12 year old son came first in the school cross-country run today (only a short run), and also scored a goal for his football team on Sunday. Not bad for a defender🤠 He’s having a good week, AND wants to go running with me😃 #running npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Speedy😃👏🏼 Well done. npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Big day out in the mountains yesterday in the English Lake District. 32.8 miles (52 km) and just under 8000 feet of EG in 13 hours. Mostly went very well until I forgot to eat enough. Got it done but totally died on my arse at the end. Absolutely fine this morning and my legs are feeling decent. A really enjoyable day out with friends in good weather. Dodged a bullet there because this morning it was really hammering with rain. #trailrunning #running #ultramarathon #TheGreenRunners npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin 7 miles of easy paced urban running this morning while my car was in the garage failing its MOT🤦🏻 Basingstoke is surprisingly easy to run round - lots of underpasses and footways👌🏻 #running npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Sounds like an excellent decision Lucy. There is always another race. Nice to spend time in Borrowdale anyway - I’ll be up there myself in three weeks to recce part of the Northern Traverse route ready for next year’s race in April👍🏼 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Superior carb loading. Sticky treacle and ginger cake👌🏻😋 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin A good, honest video introduction for the Wildstrubel 70km: “The weather is going to be absolutely shit. Let’s go!”😂 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KeoK1tPEC9c npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Definitely the blue pill💪🏻 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Treadmill incline hike for 5.8km over an hour this evening. My legs are feeling the increased running load over the last couple of weeks and I have a few niggles so it’s time to mix up the training a bit. I do not need to overtrain and screw things up ahead of a Northern Traverse recce in October and Winter Downs 100 in December…. #running npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Went to a charity black tie ball. Bid on a marathon entry. Won a marathon entry. Beer may have been involved😆 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Ooh😬 Hopefully not too sore🤞🏻 Easily done though….weve all been there🙄 npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin 7 miles / 11km and a vertical km. Let’s not worry about how long it took but I was consistent and apart from some minor knee grumbles on the descents it was all good. Arrived back to find a home made blueberry sponge cake👌🏻 #trailrunning #running #cake npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin I guess the rule when buying Father’s Day gifts is to know your audience. Well done kids👌🏻 my wife also made me a Bakewell tart which is pretty much my favourite foodstuff ever. Happy days😃 #trailrunning #ultramarathon #running npub16q6y5puhfwchukc40d9d6408eakwgk9h7qwhnreqmrsza5r4wvusnp9uk4 Colin Outstanding pace. 10 mins quicker than my PB and in that heat🤯👏🏼
