I am a unicorn
Presentation about my Fastest Known Time record for women (supported) on the Arizona Trail
The Importance of Planning your Recovery
It’s two and a half months since I ran 800 miles and set the supported Fastest Known Time (FKT) for women on the Arizona Trail (AZT) and today is the day that I completed my first long-ish run since then. It’s been a long and tortuous road to get to this point. “I wish, I should…
Determination & The Arizona Trail FKT
I’m on the Hi-line trail, an oasis high up in the middle of the mountain, surrounded by red rock. I had just hiked through a wonderland, someplace you would find only in your imagination, a magical place. I was on day 7 of my Arizona Trail and things were most definitely not going to plan…
2 weeks to go
Butterflies in my stomach Zombie land. That’s where I am living right now. Peak training complete, now on the final straight. I can’t believe after months of thinking about it, that I actually pushed the button in the beginning of July, and now I have arrived. I am both terrified and excited at the same…
T-3 months
Pushing the button So, I pushed the button and set the date. There’s no going back now. I am giddy with excitement and nervous with apprehension. I have often found myself in life changing situations, not quite knowing how I have got there. I have created opportunities, sometimes life events have happened to me and…
803.5 miles Arizona Trail Fastest Known Time Attempt
On Thursday October 17th I will be beginning my attempt to set the Supported Fastest Known Time (FKT) on completing the 803.5 miles of the Arizona Trail from the Southern Border of Utah to the Northern Border of Mexico, with over 110,000 feet of vertical gain and 110,000 feet of loss. The current FKT (which…
My Arizona Trail Adventure – Part 1
Type 2 fun….. possibly type 2.5 Background I only discovered my passion for running later in life. I was working in the corporate world for 22 years, at the age of 38 I decided to quit in order to pursue a journey of self discovery, wherein I found running and haven’t looked back since. In July 2017,…
My Arizona Trail Adventure – Part 2
Type 2 fun….. possibly type 2.5 …… This would have been bad enough in the day time, searching for cairns in amongst the other rocks, sometimes upstream, sometimes ahead of you, sometimes obliterated by fallen trees, but it was downright scary at nighttime. As you can imagine, these miles were SLOW. With only a narrow stream of…
My Arizona Trail Adventure – Part 3
Type 2 fun….. possibly type 2.5 …I was making progress, albeit slow when I suddenly find myself with a stretch ahead of me where the snow had fallen and completely obliterated the trail and was effectively an ice wall on the side of the mountain. The trusted footsteps that I was using to keep myself safe…