Good day to you all. We are in the final few days before our week long trip to the Scottish Highlands. We have both wanted to go to Scotland for a while and now it’s nearly upon us. 6 days of hiking with 3 nights of wild camping in the barren Scottish wilderness. Poop shovel is…
Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon – Race Day
Well, that was harder than I thought… It’s now Wednesday. The marathon was on Sunday. My body hurts. The main areas of concern are my left Achilles and my right knee. They both feel painful and difficult to walk on. There is the expected muscle fatigue but that’s not so bad. I did finish though….
Weekend in Snowdonia
This bank holiday weekend I was in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park. Having missed out last year, due to my series of operations, I was very excited to be back in North Wales. This time we were staying with my parents on a campsite in Beddgelert. A lovely spot set in the woods with perfect…
World IBD Day – 19th May 2015
Good morning everyone and happy World IBD Day! Yes, that’s right, today is all about awareness of the debilitating disease that is IBD. So it seems fitting that I tell my tale of woe. It’s a bit all over the place as I am struggling to remember all the details and I have missed out…
Glendalough Loop, Wicklow Mountains – Walking Route
A couple of weekends ago I mentioned we were in Ireland. We were visiting friends for a couple of days so didn’t have much time to explore the outdoors but we were staying too close to the Wicklow Mountains to not do something! On the Saturday morning, with much anticipation, we drove down to Glendalough….
Three Forts Challenge – Race Day
I am writing this post to you with some very sore legs. Normally a long run or a race would cause a little pain but this time there is severe muscle aches. I guess that’s what you get when you run up and down hills on rocky paths. At least my knees are ok. For now… The…
Simply Hike Blog Award
One little note. I have been nominated for an award over at Simply Hike. I am the number one entry on the Hiking and Walking category. If you would like to vote for me I would really appreciate it!
North West Kildare Athletic Club 5k – Race day
It’s been a bit of a while since my last post. Mainly because not much has been going on! I’ve just been getting the miles done in anticipation of both my marathon in June and my next half on Sunday in Worthing. There was a cheeky, accidental 5k a couple of weeks ago though which helped…
March Review and April Plans
Good day everyone. Somehow March has ended and we are in April. The first three months of the year are done. Quick as a flash we are now in Spring. Even if the weather Gods haven’t been informed of this yet. March was a good month. 31 days ago I wrote a post saying I wanted…
Richmond Half Marathon – Race Day
Hello everyone, I’m back. I’ve had a bit of a hiatus. The usual reasons really. Lots of work, busy evenings and I just didn’t feel the urge to write about it. These things happen and will happen again. I don’t even know if I’ll be back for long but having just about recovered from my…
February Thoughts – March Madness
So last week was pretty weak in both the blogging and running department. There was not much running due to the half marathon on Sunday and I’m blaming the lack of running on the lack of blogging. It seems they go hand in hand. I am now less than 3 weeks away from the next…
David S Hays’ Running Log
Good morning folks. After last night’s spectacularly awful Arsenal result I need something to take my mind off of the pain. I thought I’d do a post explaining how I record my runs. Along with Movescount and Strava I used to use my own spreadsheet until things got difficult with formulas and macros etc. After a…
Sharp Edge Adventures 