Jamesrichardadams

LATEST ARTICLES ( 140 )

• Race Ready Shorts Review

  

  Ultra runners can be girls sometimes. Well actually some ultra runners ARE real girls, but that's not my point. What I mean is that ultra runners like carrying... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• If Running Be the Food of Love, Blog On.

  

  "It's only by going too far that you'll ever find anything to blog about". TS Eliott was spot on. Who wants to read a blog about someone washing the dishes or... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Bounce

  

  This has been lingering on my "to read" list for some time. Matthew Syed - a former elite table tennis player has written a great book with a very clear point... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Tales of Adventure

  

  I like going to the pub. I like listening to people talk about epic adventures. So when people talk about inspiring adventure in a pub then I am all over it. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Donate to the Greatest Thing Ever Thought Of....

  

  DONATE HERE What is The World Relay? The World Relay is a record breaking 28,000 mile continuous running relay around the world. It will be completed entirely o... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Country to Capital IV - 2013

  

  You would have thought that after three times I would know where I am going in this race, or that I would have remembered what kind of shoes to wear or even tha... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Ultra Porn - The World's Toughest Endurance Challenges

  

  Let's face it, this is what this book is. It probably should come in a plastic grey sleeve. The pages are quite glossy and would wipe clean quite easily. <A... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• 2013 Resolutions - I Am Committed Now Cos I Wrote It on the Internet.

  

  I weigh 86kg. It's been a long time since I pushed the scales that high. It means I am much faster at falling down hills and harder to stop when I run into... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• 2012 - The Year Review

  

  OK as everyone else is doing it..... I mentioned in an interview recently about feeling like Brooks in the Shawshank Redemption. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Chimp Paradox - A Book Every Ultra-runner Should Read

  So this might not be on all endurance runners "must read" list but I recommend you do. The author Steve Peters has spent the last few years as the head... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Endurance Life CTS - Dorset

  

  It's been a long time since I saw the Jurassic coast. I came here with Gemma for my last nice relaxing weekend before I headed off to the States last year. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Event Horizon

  

  You know that moment when there is less time between now and the start than there is between the start and the finish? For example 36 hours before the start of... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Spartathlon 2012

  

  I had doubts about this year, more than any other. They were almost all to do with my mental state going into the race. There was nothing that has happened... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• One of the Things That I Love About the Spartathlon

  2500 years ago a Greek courier set out from Athens to summon help from the Spartan army. He set out from Athens at sunrise and reached Sparta by sunset the... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• What I Know About the Spartathlon -2012

  

  This is an update of an article I wrote a while back giving last minute advice on the Spartathlon. I wrote last year's based on two finishes out of two starts.... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• 10 Peaks Challenge

  

  It has been a long time since I have been in the lake district, more than a year which is longer than I'd normally like to leave it after discovering it's... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 OUTDOORS, TREK

• Eat and Run - My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness - Scott Jurek

  

  This was a book eagerly anticipated by lots of runners everywhere. Arguably the best ultra runner of the last 20 years gives his account of how he got there. Hi... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• When Does Ultra Running Start?

  

  Our survey said.... 26.2 miles. Is getting lost for 100 meters on a road marathon course and clocking up 26.27 miles make an ultra runner out of you? Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Running For Their Lives: The Extraordinary Story of Britain's Greatest Ever...

  

  These two runners could stake a very good claim on being the greatest British distance runners of all time. Not only did they achieve such great things but... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Mind and Matter - Last Minute Tips for Running 100 Miles

  

  I have written this with the Endurance Life UTSW100 in mind but can probably apply to others. It's not a training guide, just a collection of things I've found... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS