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Just a Reflektor: Spartathlon 2021
Well how to start? It has to be with Thank Yous. But I always miss someone and I feel dreadful for doing so. To Rosie, Sam, Luke,...
darrenstrachan8
Oct 14, 202115 min read


Dreaming and Running - Spartathlon 2021
It's about 3 days since I finished the 2021 edition of my beloved Spartathlon and I have the most potent mix of ecstasy and nausea. That...

david.bone
Sep 30, 202111 min read


John Ray Walk Out and Back FKT
Such a beautiful day in the Essex countryside. The John Ray Walk is a partnership between The John Ray Trust, Essex County Council,...

david.bone
Apr 16, 20212 min read


Gloucester 24 Hour Elite Race Report
It’s hard to know what to say about this race. This could be a long old post giving a blow by blow, hour by hour account, almost as long...

david.bone
Jan 11, 20214 min read


London LOOP #FKT - with a lot of help from our Friends x
We really loved all the beautiful feedback from our recent Capital Ring disaster. Seems like most of you prefer to hear about the dramas...

david.bone
Jul 6, 202012 min read


Arc of Attrition 2020
Arc of Attrition 2020: 31 hours and 21 minutes It is a beautifully long time to spend putting one foot in front of another. Looking back...
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Feb 3, 202010 min read


24 Hr Worlds Albi - 228.237 KM 5th Open 63rd in the World
I’m writing this blog sick as a dog - immune shot to pieces and man-flued up. But the body feels good and the legend of this years 24...
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Nov 1, 20199 min read


Capital Ring FKT Attempt
The Capital Ring is like a footpath version of the M25 - it goes all the way round London in a continuous loop. for some 78 miles. ...

darren.strachan
Sep 24, 20194 min read


Transylvania 100 km
This blog may turn out to be long – why? Well it was my first real taste of a proper mountain race and so many things happened – pretty...
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May 18, 20199 min read


Hotel Zorba - Spartathlon 2018
This is not your regular Spartathlon race report. There’s no history of the race or a chronological run through of what happened this...

darren.strachan
Oct 17, 201815 min read


24 HOURS IN TootinG...
This is a review of #Bone (David not Daz nor Darren - more of this to follow) 2018 run at the legendary Tooting Bec 24 hr event. To many...
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Oct 4, 20187 min read


KACR Race Report
To Bristol for the second edition of the Kennet and Avon Canal Race or "KACR", put on by the Canal Race team of Keith Godden, Dick Kearn...
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Aug 6, 20188 min read


St Illtyds 100k
To Wales for Nathan Flear and Tori Robinson's St Illtyds Trail 100k, held on the scorching hot Bank Holiday weekend. The Boneman and I...
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May 22, 20186 min read


Spartathlon 2017
Been reading books of old, the legends and the myths After DNF'ing last year, I wanted personal salvation in this race. And, if i'm...
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Oct 11, 201723 min read
Dubai Marathon
I really didn't think I was going to make it to the start line of the Dubai Marathon after being a complete idiot and attempting to play...
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Feb 6, 20173 min read
Spartathlon DNF - Darren shares it how it was
Saturday 1st October 2016, 12:40pm, 25 miles north of Sparta, Greece. I can see it, it's just there, the checkpoint, there at the top...
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Oct 3, 201620 min read
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