Author Archives: James Clay

Crib Goch

It’s Juneathon, which means a blog post every day. It’s also 9pm on a Sunday evening and I have just returned from 3 stunning days in the Welsh mountains and have a tonne of kit to sort out. These two … Continue reading

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3 Tips For Your Best Race Ever

1 – Start in the right place Most races will start in waves, or pens, or will in some other way be segregated by the speed at which you think you’re likely to cover the distance. My advice…ignore these completely. … Continue reading

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Run To The Hills

Just a short post this morning, as I’m about to jump in the car and head off to Snowdonia for a few days walking with the writers and photographers of Trail Magazine. I’m hoping we’ll become Best Friends Forever and … Continue reading

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I’m not Forrest Gump

Which is a shame, because I would love to run back and forth across America for months non stop (and be really good at ping pong). But here we are at day 6 of Juneathon and after a 5 day … Continue reading

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Book Review: Haruki Murakami – What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

This book was mentioned at the recent Write This Run event and it turned out many in the room had read it and someone even referred to it as their ‘running bible’ so I figured I’d better grab a copy. … Continue reading

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