And ⚽️ yesterday; great to see old friends but so disappointing for the 🐏 to concede an equaliser in the 88th minute 😩 The curry house we went to at 8pm still hadn’t served food my 10pm so we staged a walkout & got a McTurks kebab instead which was absolutely lush 😋 #dcfc #derbycounty

Peak District; Bakewell - Whatstandwell run this morning. Got very lucky with the weather. No big navigational hiccups. Chippy stop in Cromford then had enough time to do 5km on the canal to Whatstandwell before the train came. #trailrunning

Visiting the parents for the weekend, after cups of tea & hellos had a run around some old haunts. Now off to ‘the best fish & chips in 🇬🇧’ for dinner (will report back) then pub. Off with friends to see Derby 🐏 play tomorrow, followed by a curry 🤤 Sunday = Peak District for long run

Stressful 😰 ⚡ MapTap: The Gauntlet — 24 locations in 120s maptap.gg/adventures?g... 87😁 39🥶 94🏆 98🔥 92👑 99🔥 69🙂 89🎓 92👑 68🙃 83🌟 94🏆 92👑 67🙃 85🌟 81✨ 97🏅 90🎉 97🏅 82✨ 78🌞 89🎓 93👑 97🏅 Score: 855 in 115.1s (4.9s to spare!)

Oh no, a new Maptap game 😱 ⚡ MapTap: The Gauntlet — 22 locations in 110s maptap.gg/adventures?g... 84🌟 100🎯 87😁 76🤗 98🔥 90🎉 76🤗 100🎯 90🎉 96🏅 80👏 98🔥 91🎉 91🎉 88🎓 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Score: 611 in 110.0s (TIME UP!)

www.maptap.gg October 8 100🎯 94🏅 99🔥 90👑 94🏅 Final score: 944

Session today sounded benign: 3 x 20’ uphill weighted hike (90s rest between sets) & run down. But, it was a beast. Probably cos I decided to hike up a 22% incline ⛰️. The hour up with 5kg pack was hard, but the run down was even harder. Cooked by the end and 15 mins late to ⚽️ pickup #trailrunning

Just another glorious autumn 🍂 day for a run #trailrunning

Why does Peru always surprise me…? www.maptap.gg October 6 94🏅 96🔥 93🏆 96🔥 80👏 Final score: 904

Really happy with this photo from yesterday. Lovely soft autumn colours, and Freddie looks poised for action.

Solid (lucky on Africa) www.maptap.gg October 5 98🔥 99🔥 99🔥 97🔥 93🏆 Final score: 965

For today’s long run, I decided to drive to Le Buet & do a loop of Barrage d’Emosson & Refuge de Loriaz. Freddie hates the car, but trying to get him used to it. I also haven’t been up there this year & not sure when the snow will make it impassable. First pic view to Vallorcine & 🇨🇭

www.maptap.gg October 3 99🔥 91👑 97🔥 99🔥 97🔥 Final score: 972

Hoping for treats at dinner - he already had two mozzarellas that were past their best

I know I’m VERY late to this, but have been binge-watching The Handmaid’s Tale for the last few weeks. At the end of S3. Good, innit? Someone should have told JD Vance, Miller, Hesgeth et al it’s a work of fiction, not a handbook.

Rehabilitation continues with a slightly faster run on flatter / non-technical terrain. Went pretty well, knee was creaking a bit by the end so time to rest up. Beautiful autumn day with the colours starting to pop. Saw a parapenter who’d had a bad landing 😬 #trailrunning

Another tragedy. She lived in Chamonix and was in the ski & VTT clubs as well as being a coach for kids VTT. Just got married last year 😢. Her husband - a guide - survived the avalanche @hairybadgeridfk.bsky.social @ange1874.bsky.social alpinemag.fr/juliette-wil...

Juliette Willmann meurt dans une avalanche en Patagonie argentine

Alpine Mag | montagne et aventure

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The final Big Mountain Trail Club run of the year! Nice chance to catch up with some familiar faces over a run & a free beer. I even won a hat in the raffle! Love talking to Chamonix trail friends - always doing the craziest & most inspiring adventures. And the knee felt good 🤞🏼 #trailrunning

Ok that was weird, felt like my right leg was learning to run again from scratch. Had a couple of moments when it folded a bit & had some numbness in right toes. Uphills were v slow with short strides. BUT no major pain & feels like progress. And it was a “physio approved” activity #trailrunning

Physio today; he thinks injury not serious 🙂 just inflamed Pes Anserine from overuse. Rest until Weds then some jogging & build slowly. Should be ok for Majorca 🤞🏼 Will add a weekly strength session in for glutes & hamstrings 🤮 - luckily there is a gym 50 metres from the house, trial session 16/10

Very poor on Everest 🤨 www.maptap.gg September 28 82🌟 96🏅 94🏅 96🏅 93🏆 Final score: 933

Went to a wedding on Thursday where, despite best intentions, I drank too much 🤪 The last 2 days have been miserable (exacerbated by getting injured & feeing down about that). Alcohol is a real depressant for me, brain chemistry is only back to normal today. Any upside in no way worth the payback.

Had to DNS my race - no way the knee was in a position to take it on. Walking is ok, but cannot bend the right leg enough to run, so instead i caddied for my son at his first golf tournament. Not a bad consolation (although I’m obviously gutted)

Pes Anserine Bursitis - anyone had this injury? I developed pain below / inside of my right knee yesterday. Painful to bend the leg. Perfect timing for tomorrow’s race ☹️ Is there a quick fix that will allow me to run relatively pain free tomorrow for 3 hours? Icing / resting at the moment

10km taper run taking in Buvette Cerro & Cascade du Dard with a decent bit of vert whilst son is at football training. The pitch side view couldn’t be better. #trailrunning

Libya & India could have gone better www.maptap.gg September 23 94🏅 97🔥 82🌟 84😁 100🎯 Final score: 907

www.maptap.gg September 22 100🎯 97🔥 93🏆 91🏆 91🏆 Final score: 929

Beautiful sky this evening

@anjaciske.bsky.social - more the sort of behaviour I’d expect from 🇩🇪 or 🇬🇧 not Athenians? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Vouliagmeni beach: Man, 82, dies after beach fight with 76-year-old over sunlounger in Greece

One eyewitness said the scene was so chaotic that screaming could be heard from the other end of the beach.

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Sublime or ridiculous www.maptap.gg September 21 100🎯 100🎯 73😁 100🎯 88🎉 Final score: 910