Mark Smith's Bob Graham Round Blog

This blog chronicles a mid-pack fellrunner's build up to completing the Bob Graham Round on June 30th 2007. It will record the highs, the lows and the details for no other reason than to help me realise how far I've come should the doubts appear and possibly to help anyone else who, like me, has more ambition than talent!

Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Weds 27 June - Wet weather beckons...

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Just had a look at the mwis forecast and it does not look great. But it does not look terminal either. It looks like the start will be fine,...
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Monday, 25 June 2007

w/c 25th June - Excited, hopeful, determined, daunted

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Everyone has a bit of their brain which, if I was a brain scientist, would be referred to as 'The Cheese Factory' . It's this pa...
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Sunday, 17 June 2007

w/c 11th June - Less training, more thinking

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I've been warned about the tricks your mind and body can play when you're tapering instead of training. Perhaps anticipating this, a...
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Monday, 11 June 2007

w/c 4th June - Back to earth with a slow agonising grind

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It was all going so well... I ran leg 7 of the Welsh Castles Relay for Tattenhall and it could have gone better... I think the roadrunning g...
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Sunday, 3 June 2007

w/c 28th May - the last big day is done

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It's June now, which means that the big day is this month! The round has seemed ages away for, well, ages. Now it's almost here. Soo...
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Monday, 28 May 2007

w/c 21st May - Experience changes everything

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I mused last week about fate dealing me a good hand during my BGR preparation. This does not however mean that fate provides an easy ride as...
Monday, 21 May 2007

w/c 14th May - Turned out nice again

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I'm starting to think that I'm being dealt a favourable hand fate-wise when it comes to this BGR nonsense. This statement may come b...
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