On the road to Rutland Water for my next SUP challenge…
One of the big benefits of running is that there’s not much kit involved. Shoes are obviously the biggie, but once you’ve got those sorted the rest is really just about clothes to match the seasons and maybe a hydration pack once the miles crank up. Same goes for open...
What happens when you wing it in a 10k race…
The last time I raced a 10k was nearly a year ago and I’ve not been clocking anything much more than 5k in one go since then. It was therefore pretty clear as I stood on the start line of the All Nations 10k at Dorney on 12 May that I would be winging it. There’s...
Another milestone on my SUP journey as a new board takes centre stage
You know when an inanimate object just feels right? Well, so it was when I first took out what is now my very own stand-up paddleboard. I’d been heading towards getting a board — yup, seemed to have got irrevocably sucked into this now! — but before I committed to the...
A race that really ratcheted up my sharp SUP learning curve
Sometimes what’s neatly lined up in your head just doesn’t quite match reality. And so it was with my first proper standup paddleboard race, the Head of the Dart, on Sunday 15 April. We’d all been looking nervously at the weather forecast and doing that thing where...Where I am Making Waves…
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