Jamesrichardadams

LATEST ARTICLES ( 140 )

• Returning to Where It All Started - The GUCR 2015

  I think that's quite fast running for balancing a glass on my head In the first few hours I was running with Stephen McCallister and Natasha Farid, they were... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• One Piece of Advice Before You Run 100 Miles

  Hypnos is the creature that will make himself known to you as night falls. He is the God of sleep. He makes himself known when you are at your most vulnerable.... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Some Things I'm Looking Forward to This Weekend

  Some might call these "pre-race musings", others would call them "brain farts". Whatever they are here are some things that I am looking forward to this... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Bingo Race Report

  Someone will arrive at the race just before cut-off, with one shot to get the race finished. Only a fumble in a ball bag separates them from having something... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Did You Know I Had a Book Out?

  If I can be so bold as to say that this book is much fatter than most other ultra running books. Honestly stroking my very own book for the first time was an... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Country to Capital - 2015 (6th Time)

  This is now my 6th running of the event and you would have thought that I would know where I am going. I don't know "the way" as such but there are certain turn... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Like the Wind Issue 3 out Now

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  Posted on 28 October 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons I Run Long Distance - BUY THIS BOOK

  I get loads from running. It gives me pleasure and pain, makes me smile and cry, makes me feel like I belong as well as lonely. It has given me some of the mos... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• I'm Not Sexist But....

  I do have some valuable advice about picking a crew for an ultra. As some of you might be thinking of this as you sign up for stuff. There are two bits. First i... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• HELP ME I Am an Ultra Troll

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  Posted on 20 August 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Run Or Die - Killian Jornet

  You may have heard of this guy. He is threatening to make ultra-running mainstream and for good reason. You know that look of disbelief you get when you tell... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Southern Softie Goes Norf - Dig Deep Ultra Tour of the Peak District

  

  "This must be at least grade 3A technicalised trail we are talking here" I thought as I stumbled over huge rocks like a baby giraffe while trying not to... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• 040 - Tenerife

  

  There is something quite satisfying about starting a race at the beach. The noise of the sea is very calming and can mask the trials that might lie ahead. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Book Review - Fat Man to Green Man Ira Rainey

  

  There has been a pleasing rise in the number of good storytellers that have started to grace the sport of ultra running. I don't know what came first in a... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Surviving Your First Marathon

  

  This came along quickly didn’t it? It only feels like yesterday that you signed up for this thing, you promised yourself you’ll run miles and miles of... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Surviving Your First 50 Mile Race

  

  Run an ultra they said. It will be the coolest thing ever, they said. Chicks will dig it, they said. You will carve your body into an immortal God they said. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Everything Will All Work out in the Long Run - Dave Urwin Book Review

  

  It was about a year ago that a chap called dAVE uRWIN emailed me asking for a quote or two on the Barkley Marathons. He was interviewing Forzen Ed Furtaw about... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Book Release

  

  Hello there. This is a bit of a rushed post as I have just been taken offguard slightly and found out that my book is available for sale. You can buy it from... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Get Hench Or Die Trying

  

  So I have now been unable to run for three weeks now. It is a little frustrating mostly because my running commute to work has been replaced with having to shar... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Top 10 Ultra Marathons on Earth That I Reckon Anyone Might Actually Find Really ...

  

  So lets me honest about what I am about to do here. I want to write a post that will get lots of hits such that more people might see that I have a book coming... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS