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Thanks, Leanne!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190826_005840.jpg20190826_005840Screenshot from the official film of Emma and I making our way down to CP7 in the Glenderaterra Valley, approx 5.45am. Approaching 12 hours into the race, 41 miles done.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/13b-buttermere-night-20180727_181313.jpg13b Buttermere night 20180727_181313Official (time lapse) race photo of the headtorches dropping down Scarth Gap into Buttermere. There is simply nothing like a night time ultra in the lakes on a clear night!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4b-20190825_180640.jpg4b 20190825_180640https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3b-20190825_192243.jpg3b 20190825_192243The new Fun Fitness waistbelt. Last minute purchase in order to be able to carry additional water easily.2019-08-28T17:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2019/07/23/lakeland-100-take-2-time-to-close-the-loop/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_075811.jpg20190629_075811The stunning view over to Glenridding from Boredale Hause.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_075153.jpg20190629_075153The steep scree slopes of Boredale Hause. Funny how easy it seems when you know you are dropping out at the next checkpoint?!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_061633.jpg20190629_061633Where the Lakeland Trails 100k and Lakeland 100 routes merge. The gently sloping path along Ullswater down to Howtown.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_035615.jpg20190629_035615Sawn breaks around Haweswater. approx 4am, during the Lakeland Trails 100k event, Saturday 29th June 2019.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_033616.jpg20190629_033616First light breaks around Haweswater. This is the Azkabhan of the LL100, but I truly love it on this route! Mindset, nothing more, nothing less.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_025356.jpg20190629_025356Dropping down the other side of Nan Bield Pass towards Haweswater, Headtorches reflecting off Small Water.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190629_024041.jpg20190629_024041Climbing up Nan Bield Pass from Kentmere, looking back at the line of runner headtorches behind. Stunning.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190622_154110.jpg20190622_154110At last! The saddle of Sail Pass and the three mile descent to Braithwaite to come. Skiddaw gazing over imperiously from across the valley.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190622_152422.jpg20190622_152422The scree path up to Sail Pass in daylight. Take a deep breath...!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190622_145827.jpg20190622_1458272019-07-26T05:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2019/06/15/clinging-on-to-the-hope-of-becoming-a-lakelandlegend-in-2019-and-the-ethics-of-a-deliberate-dnf/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190609_142251.jpg20190609_142251https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190531_103906_032.jpgIMG_20190531_103906_032A sandier section of the same trail.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_135743_541.jpgIMG_20190529_135743_541The superb trail through the woods near Newton, Porthcawl. A terrific roller-coaster of a path through woods and dunes.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_133955_035.jpgIMG_20190529_133955_035Happy days rolling through the dunes - have we been on this path already?!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190531_104050.jpg20190531_104050Check out the colour scheme of my new Compressport calf sleeves! Not sure what possessed me to pick this colour! (Probably because they match my Hokas - what a tart!)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190531_094816.jpg20190531_094816I love this path! 3 miles where every corner feels like slalom skiing! It's what trail running was invented for!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190531_083018.jpg20190531_083018Again, Looking back at Trecco Bay - this time from up high on Southerndown Golf Club, some 5 miles away.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190531_075312.jpg20190531_075312Looking back at Trecco Bay from the lovely rolling trail above the sand dunes.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190529_110500.jpg20190529_110500Frankly, I was surprised Leanne was talking to me at this point. It wasn't even the right way!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190529_110148.jpg20190529_110148Who put that killer sand dune there?!2019-06-15T20:26:37+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2019/03/23/the-11-mental-stages-of-an-injured-runner/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/38053489_2208926205803660_4771864087837540352_n.jpg38053489_2208926205803660_4771864087837540352_n"How many miles of the Lakeland 100 left now, Rob?" "103, Mark." "But we've just done 2 miles?! How can there be 103 left?!" "Cos it's 105 miles, Mark. That's how long a 100 mile race is."https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20180922_123216.jpg20180922_123216September 2018 fun in Snowdonia at our private pool...https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20180922_115455.jpg20180922_115455"Is this what it is like living with boys?"https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20180922_115348.jpg20180922_115348Rob scouts out new climbs to run up. I wonder if I could beat Rob if he had to run in his wellies.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190317_095252.jpg20190317_095252Ready to greet the Wigan Run Festival half marathon runners at mile 9 (and mile 11!) in Haigh Hall, with my fellow Harriers friends Wendy, Stuart, Diane and Sarah.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20180707_100155.jpg20180707_100155Rob and I viewing Fusedale for the first time, last July.2019-03-23T18:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2019/02/18/2019-altering-mental-perceptions-and-preparing-for-sleepiness/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190126_141934.jpg20190126_141934The Stairway to Heaven. We will return there in July. Oh yes, we will return...https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190126_134650.jpg20190126_134650"Look, we even dib in at the honesty gate on recce runs!"https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190126_125901.jpg20190126_125901Langdale in the mist.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190126_090204.jpg20190126_090204The view looking back down on Haweswater from the Gatesgarth Pass.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190126_085018.jpg20190126_085018Smiling as we depart Mardale Head, just as we will in the 2019 race!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190126_085007.jpg20190126_085007Mardale Head (Azkhaban)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/48266904_593367617772447_5920608642259746816_n.jpg48266904_593367617772447_5920608642259746816_nWind, rain, mud banks - a proper XC experience at Hyndsford.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46787901_585891531853389_5906414617160056832_n.jpg46787901_585891531853389_5906414617160056832_nWigan Harriers Women, Sefton Park, Nov 2018https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46783719_585891588520050_289590411905728512_n.jpg46783719_585891588520050_289590411905728512_nCruising mid-pack in the unexpectedly dry, fast conditions.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46760623_585891505186725_9182311311986393088_n.jpg46760623_585891505186725_9182311311986393088_nWigan Harriers Men, Sefton Park, Nov 20182019-02-18T19:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2018/08/18/dnf-debut-failing-to-become-a-lakelandlegend-on-the-lakeland-100/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180729_184659.jpg20180729_184659https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180729_183620.jpg20180729_183620Sat with my coach after last year's race while she told me how I am definitely going to finish in 2019...https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180729_183310.jpg20180729_183310https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180729_083804.jpg20180729_083804https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180730_093544.jpg20180730_093544John Ruskin Playing Field. Monday morning. (From our cottage window) Did i just dream that event? Where has everyone gone?! (Marquee just visible through the trees!)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180728_120615.jpg20180728_120615Putting on a brave face (and a winter long sleeved base layer in the sun!) after being given a good telling off by the missus! (Notice the 50 runners streaming past in the background!) On my way to Pooley Bridge...https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180728_111822.jpg20180728_111822"Where are my wheels? They appear to have come off?!" Trying to mentally sort myself out in the CP at Dalemain.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180728_054529.jpg20180728_054529A rare photo en route, looking down towards Derwent Water from above the Blencathra Centre checkpoint. Fuelled by my PET's!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180727_190805.jpg20180727_190805Rob and I top out on the Walna Scar Road last year and say goodbye to Coniston Water. We won't be running together this year, but I'll be watching him on the tracker!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180727_181313.jpg20180727_181313Climbing out of Coniston in the sultry evening heat.2019-02-09T20:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2018/07/24/aiming-to-become-a-legend-on-the-lakeland-100/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fb_img_1505704063324.jpgFB_IMG_1505704063324https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/37381225_504814616627748_3570465652432961536_n.jpg37381225_504814616627748_3570465652432961536_nThanks to james Kirby for the official pic!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/37287427_503972963378580_4089714528365838336_n.jpg37287427_503972963378580_4089714528365838336_nThanks to James Kirby for the official pic!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180708_175257.jpg20180708_175257Cheerleaders!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180708_162024.jpg20180708_162024Support crew enjoying a hot Summer day the proper way!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gbu_7887-zf-2506-01183-1-001.jpgGBU_7887-(ZF-2506-01183-1-001)Thanks to Mick Hall Photos for the pro shot!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fb_img_1529875932965.jpgFB_IMG_1529875932965Thanks to Captain Gallimore for the unofficial shot!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fb_img_1529953688021.jpgFB_IMG_1529953688021A rose between two thorns! Marathon des Sables legend Carolyn graces us with her presence!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cu-143-zf-4064-07853-1-002.jpgcu-143-(ZF-4064-07853-1-002)Thanks to Mick Hall for the official pic!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chu_6701-zf-4064-07853-1-003.jpgCHU_6701-(ZF-4064-07853-1-003)Thanks to Mick Hall for the official pic!2018-07-25T08:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/05/12/saturday-11th-may-1985/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20170511_215901.jpgIMG_20170511_2159012017-05-11T21:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2017/04/06/my-dirty-little-secret/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fb_img_1490044241568.jpgFB_IMG_1490044241568Running in for 36th place at the inaugural Wigan Half Marathon, March 2017.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170223_064638.jpg20170223_064638London Baby!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20160330_180640.jpg20160330_180640Now to get back down to town before sunset!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20160330_174022.jpg20160330_174022Running up a mountain in the evening sun. You know it makes sense.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20150809_104557.jpgIMG_20150809_104557Holiday with other families and you may even get quality time together!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fb_img_1488398330423.jpgFB_IMG_1488398330423Possibly my favourite running picture to date. As with Mike's pic earlier, this is from the National Cross Country Championships, Nottingham, Feb 2017. The course wasn't actually as hard or muddy as the Northern Championships. But the mud that was there was so spectacularly messy that the pictures are infinitely more satisfying!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170128_150055.jpg20170128_150055https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170114_135324.jpg20170114_135324https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1892-e1491251617790.jpgimg_1892-e1491251617790Wigan Harriers photo-call before the Wigan Run Festival 5k and half marathon, March 2017. (Footnote: missing from the photo are the many club members who were on duty marshaling that day. Great people giving up their time (and their own race) so that the rest of us can run ours.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170204_085233.jpg20170204_085233See, try running through THAT and thinking about the stresses of the daily grind! 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Just before the women's race.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20160131_091903.jpgIMG_20160131_091903The men, hiding in the changing rooms: (left to right) Steve, Dave, Tony, Gary (centre), myself (back), Mike (sideways).2016-06-02T00:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/12/31/2015-the-year-of-the-gear/2015-12-31T09:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/10/16/from-ultra-runner-to-club-runner-how-did-%ef%bb%bfthat-happen/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-20151004-wa0004.jpgIMG-20151004-WA0004Myself, Leanne and Gaz. Stiff, smelly, but happy.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-20151004-wa0005.jpgIMG-20151004-WA0005How can you be this cheerful after 26 miles?! Leanne on her way to the finish line at Chester Racecourse.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-20151004-wa0007.jpgIMG-20151004-WA0007Top of the biggest hill on the beautiful, otherwise fairly flat Chester marathon route. Farndon. Approx 18 miles.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mark-cross-country-leigh-sports-village-013.jpgmark cross country Leigh sports village 013The push for home. (note: I'm lapping the guy behind, not just saving a sprint for the camera!)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mark-cross-country-leigh-sports-village-009.jpgmark cross country Leigh sports village 009On my way to 45th of 229 runners.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mark-cross-country-leigh-sports-village-003.jpgmark cross country Leigh sports village 003Proudly wearing my Wigan Harriers vest. Pennington, Leigh.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cour-kmwoaa0wyh-large.jpgCOUr-kMWoAA0wyh.jpg largeSprint finish to 35th place at the Wigan 10k. (PB of 38m13s)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20150809_112335.jpgIMG_20150809_112335Leanne's Marathon des Sables training coming on a treat.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20150809_111748.jpgIMG_20150809_111748Magazine front cover shot 2 (no photoshop required...) https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20150809_110619.jpgIMG_20150809_110619Magazine front cover shot (if you photoshop the face.)2015-10-16T23:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/08/25/110kforalisha-becoming-ultra-memories-and-conclusions-drawn-from-the-lakeland-trails-110k-ultimate-trail/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mn-master-logo-hires.jpgmn-master-logo-hireshttps://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11694815_505418456280630_5537011793664178990_n.jpg11694815_505418456280630_5537011793664178990_nHere I am at Sunday's presentation with the winner, Kim Collison. He looks scared doesn't he? He knows I'll beat him next year...https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150627_175515.jpg20150627_175515"Will you stop going out running all the time now, Dad?"https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img-20150628-wa0008.jpgIMG-20150628-WA0008Is that it?!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11667469_505301772958965_5313374311575169610_n.jpg11667469_505301772958965_5313374311575169610_nAnother great @jumpyjames shot. Maybe Leanne was right at the briefing, I do look at least a little bit 'Ultra'. I didn't even recognise myself on the photo when looking through them initially.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fb_img_1435578973952.jpgFB_IMG_1435578973952My fantastic family - support is everything.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150627_140725.jpg20150627_140725Han and Nan outside the Sticklebarn - the orange Meningitis Now t-shirts got a lot of attention. Oh, and Hannah was chased by a sheep, which amused the entire pub!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11222585_504950066327469_6200777022952959891_n.jpg11222585_504950066327469_6200777022952959891_nMy mum and dad halfway up Stake Pass, the stunning Langdale valley behind. Thanks @jumpyjames!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_20150627_143007.jpgIMG_20150627_143007The zig-zags of mini Alpe d'Huez, aka Stake Pass, from about half way up. Just what your legs need after 90ks!!!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_20150627_094745.jpgIMG_20150627_094745Grisedale Tarn - cracked it! (Or so I thought...)2016-11-20T15:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/06/20/alisha-bartolini-meningitis-now/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/344.jpg344https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rimg0019.jpgRIMG0019The picture of Hannah, taken by Alisha, which we had printed on canvas for our front room!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rimg0022.jpgRIMG0022August, 2008: Alisha and Hannah chilling after a hard days entertainment!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imgp0007.jpgPENTAX DIGITAL CAMERAFebruary 2010: Alisha (and Zoe) the fully fledged Apres-skiers!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00053.jpgDSC00053Lowton West Ski Trip, Easter 2009 - Alisha the teacher! (Miss Reynolds, Miss Bartolini(2), Miss Lea)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p4030251.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALowton West Ski Trip, Easter 2007: Alisha the pupil.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imag0285.jpgIMAG0285September 2012: multitasking as only a true teenager can! Nancy tamed; update facebook...https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/0016321461.jpg00163214612015-06-20T01:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/06/16/double-header-part-1-the-running-update/2015-06-16T21:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/05/03/the-conti-lightning-run-one-year-on/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mens-running-champions.jpgMens running - champions!The victorious Men's Running team: (from left to right) Pedro Upton, Euan Mathieson, myself, Euan McGrath, Jonny Muirhttps://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mens-and-womens-running-teams.jpgMens and Womens running teamsThe Men's Running and Women's Running teams on the finish line.2015-05-03T14:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/04/25/the-highs-and-lows-of-trail-running-or-easter-2015-update-if-you-want-a-dull-title-instead/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11140288_836723529731080_4194763412463472919_n.jpg11140288_836723529731080_4194763412463472919_nMrs Sticks lovin' the Lakeland Trails! (Photo courtesy of James Kirby @jumpyjames)https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150408_180136.jpgIMG_20150408_180136Looking down on Saas Fee, village. Best running view ever.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150408_180642.jpgIMG_20150408_180642Summit selfie. Saas Fee ski area in the background.https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150408_174016.jpgIMG_20150408_174016On the Alpine trail, Saas Fee, Switzerland. Tricky and tiring underfoot but, with views like that, who cares?!2015-04-25T20:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/03/30/loving-the-lakeland-trails-even-when-they-bite-back/https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/486470_453365191400251_1028643897_n.jpg486470_453365191400251_1028643897_nCartmel 2013. My debut. Cold weather, cold water and mud; lots and lots of mud!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10888473_822985564438210_3449581256583396705_n.jpg10888473_822985564438210_3449581256583396705_nAbsolutely goosed just over halfway! You can always count of James Kirby, the official photographer, to be hidden away at the most tiring point of the course!https://gbsticks11.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10336683_659658287437606_2424218486307392471_n.jpg10336683_659658287437606_2424218486307392471_nClimbing another killer false summit of the 'Sting in the Middle'! Chasing down the top 20...2015-03-30T23:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/03/15/when-am-i-ultra/2015-03-15T22:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.com/2015/03/04/hello-world/2015-03-06T06:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://gbsticks11.comdaily1.02024-09-01T17:46:02+00:00