Jamesrichardadams

LATEST ARTICLES ( 140 )

• Newry City Marathon

  

  I decided to not run the GUCR this year, I didn't think I could give it as much as I should and pulled out so that someone else could have a go at the UK's... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Shires and Spires Ultra

  

  Britain is in the grip of a heatwave. No one has seen a cloud for 3 days now. There have been three consecutive days of over 25 degrees Celcius and reports of... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Same People

  

  You may have already heard that a beast has been unleashed into the Ultra Running world. It was sort of my idea. Thank you to James Elson and Centurion Running... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Endurance Life Festival - Flete

  

  This is a proper way to spend a bank holiday. Not traipsing around IKEA looking for stools. I arrived on Saturday morning with Ian Corless and was immediately... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS

• Long Time No Blog

  

  Blimey. It seems like such a long time ago since I've had anything to blog about. I have not done any races in the past month to write about. Actually that's a... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Barkley Marathons - What Was I Thinking?

  

  I want to get beaten by something - My Essay I never really sleep well before the start of a race, I am too paranoid about somehow sleeping though my alarm and... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• I Thought It Would Be the Hardest Thing I Ever Did. It Was Much Worse Than That.

  

  Just some things to post before I forget. Taster video from ateam who are going to be covering the event My Licence plate (on it's way) Absolutely F****G... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Tales from Out There - Frozen Ed Furtaw

  

  This is a book written by one of the Barkley "Sickos" "Frozen" Ed Furtaw on the history of the Barkley Marathons. It describes in great detail the past... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Thames Path 100

  My Birthday race this year was the Thames Path 100. I am now making a tradition of doing a great event on my Birthday that has seen me over the years running... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Videos of Los Angeles to New York Footrace 2011

  Part One - Mostly California and Arizona (days 1 - 15) Part two (short video) Arizona and entering New Mexico with the infamous Burger Scene Part 3 - Oklahoma... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Pilgrims Challenge 2012

  

  Here's an idea. This cold weather normally happens around the same time of the year doesn't it? It's quite common that say between the 21st December and 21st... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Anglesey Ultra - Endurance Life

  

  It's been such a long time since I went to the British coast for a run and even longer for an Endurance Life event. Shameful really. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Country to Capital - 2012

  

  It was hard trying to remember what to take with me on a 43 mile run through the countryside and canal. It's been more than 4 months now since I have run more... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• 100 Marathon Club AGM Handicap Marathon

  For some reason I had the silly idea that I might be able to run this one fast. Dunno why. I am back up to my Los Angeles weight, which is a bit more than my... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Year in Numbers

  

  I know most of you like pointless stats. So here are some of mine this year. Total Miles Run - 5110 Total time running - 1086 hours (6 weeks 3 days 6 hours)... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Pointless Exercise

  

  This week for the first time in my life I did an activity called "spinning". It's like that dream I sometimes get where I am trying to run to somewhere not too... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Sacrificing Virgins

  

  So. I had not really got my race schedule sorted yet for next year. I really don't know what to do as there is so much on now. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Big Mac Index

  

  This is how I think now.. We were in a restaurant last night. Bit of a posh affair. The price of the meal was pretty steep. You may have detected from my blog... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS

• What I Learned Running the Spartathlon

  

  My experience of this race is fairly insignificant in comparison to lots of people you will meet out there. I have started twice and finished twice and though m... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• The Butcher of Pimlico

  Today for the first time since the race I said out loud “I wish I hadn’t of done it now”. At the time Roberto “The Butcher of Pimlico” was grating his elbow... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 FITNESS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS