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What is Alan Hinkes up to at the moment? … and other questions

Traffic – is that the right way to describe people? – to this blog arrives via a plethora of web searches. Handily, WordPress lists these terms. Many are questions: some are perfectly logi… more →

Heights of Madness

What is Alan Hinkes up to at the moment? ... and other questions

heightsofmadness wrote 5 months ago: Traffic – is that the right way to describe people? – to this blog arrives via a plethor … more →

Tags: Bob Graham Round, Corbett's, Cycling, England, Fell running, lake district, Marathons, munros, Running

That winning feeling at the Broadway Tower Marathon — 2 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 6 months ago: I won a race yesterday. A running race. I was the fastest. The victor. On one day, in one place, no- … more →

Tags: Running, trail running, England, ultrarunning, Cotswolds, Broadway Tower Marathon

Beachy Head Marathon - the start — 5 comments

Alistair Siddons wrote 8 months ago: Beachy Head Marathon start. Photographer unknown – thanks to Beachy Head Marathon organisers. … more →

Tags: Trail Running, Long Runs, marathon 2, Beachy Head, hill running, Beachy Head Marathon, trail running, 2012, Hills

Beachy Head Marathon - route map

Alistair Siddons wrote 8 months ago: I found this route map of the Beachy Head Marathon.  It’s quite an eyeful, but forewarned is f … more →

Tags: marathon 2, Beachy Head, Off Road, hill running, Beachy Head Marathon, trail running, 2012, Eastbourne, Route Map

Two out of three ain't bad...

heightsofmadness wrote 8 months ago: Having survived my altercation with the ghost of a Jacobite in Glen Shiel, I ventured east, first to … more →

Tags: munros, Corbett's, islands, mountains, Scotland, Ben Rinnes. Highland Games, drumnadrochit

Macaroni cheese, the perverted Jacobite and the South Glen Shiel Ridge 9

heightsofmadness wrote 8 months ago: What can one expect of a day that commences with the consumption of a can of lukewarm macaroni chees … more →

Tags: Running, munros, Corbett's, mountains, Scotland, The Saddle, South Glen Shiel ridge, Forcan Ridge, Sgurr na Sgine

Knoydart 3

heightsofmadness wrote 9 months ago: ‘Land of the giants,’ a running friend remarked when I announced I was Knoydart-bound. K … more →

Tags: munros, mountains, Scotland, Knoydart, meall buidhe, ladhar bheinn, Luinne Bheinn, Kinloch Hourn

The unfathomable miles of the Fellsman — 4 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been asked a few times recently whether I ran ‘the marathon’ or, prior to Sun … more →

Tags: England, Fell running, ultrarunning, Fellsman, Ingleborough, Whernside, Yorkshire Dales

Cioch Mhor hill race 2012

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: A 10-day visit to the Scottish Highlands happened to coincide with the date of one my favourite hill … more →

Tags: Fell running, Running, Scotland, Cioch Mhor, Dingwall, herne hill harriers, Highland Hill Runners, Inverness Harriers

Running the Hills with Dr. Denton

Robinson wrote 1 year ago: Just recently I picked my kids up from school (they still won’t let them stay overnight) and h … more →

Tags: Running, Binghamton New York, Chenango Forks New York, cross country running, Denton, Hill

Mallorca: the running bit — 3 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: Squeezing two runs into a three-day ‘holiday’ when you’ve already cycled close to … more →

Tags: Running, Barefoot Running, Bob Graham Round, Born to run, Col de la Creueta, Mallorca, port de pollença, Talala d'Albercutx

Box Hill fell race 2012 — 3 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: Today was my third Box Hill fell race. I clocked 62.52 in 2008, 57.23 in 2011. I was quicker still t … more →

Tags: England, Hills, Running, box hill, Box Hill fell race

Winter Tanners 2012 — 5 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: I very nearly didn’t run the Winter Tanners. My right soleus had tightened up following a hard … more →

Tags: England, trail running, ultrarunning, ldwa, Ranmore Common, St Martha's Hill, Winter Tanners

The best place to run in Britain — 3 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: The best city for running? The answer is subjective, of course. Who am I (or anyone else, for that m … more →

Tags: Marathons, mountains, Running, Scotland, arthur's seat, Braid Hill, Cheltenham, Cleeve Hill, Craig Dunain

The world's most beautiful silouette?

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: With a Bob Graham recce – utterly weather dependent, of course – scheduled for Friday, a … more →

Tags: Bob Graham Round, Hills, Running, worcestershire beacon

Preparing to meet Bob

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: I am taking Askwithian advice when it comes to training for my Bob Graham round (pencilled in for sp … more →

Tags: Bob Graham Round, Fell running, Hills, lake district, mountains, Running, Wainwrights, box hill, South Norwood Hill

Beachy Head Marathon 2011 - race report — 7 comments

heightsofmadness wrote 1 year ago: So, Beachy Head, the second hardest marathon in the UK. Which only makes you wonder what could be ha … more →

Tags: Hills, Marathons, Beachy Head, Beachy Head Marathon 2011, Borstall Hill, Eastbourne, South Downs, Willingdon Hill

Running in Lake District - Coledale Horseshoe — 2 comments

pyllon wrote 1 year ago: After the River Ayr Way race, it was home for a bath and some food, then pack some stuff for a few d … more →

Tags: Running, Trail, endurance, 2011, Offroad, New Balance, Minimus Trail, hill running, lake district

Maps are awful flat.. The running route was not! — 1 comment

Robinson wrote 1 year ago: My trusty water bottle, you can see on the back side where the fabric was that I could keep under my … more →

Tags: hill running, Running, long run, mapmyrun


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