What are your favourite running podcasts? I find them really useful in preparing for my longer events. I like Tea & Trails, teaandtrails.com especially episode 201 with Paul Booth on nutrition, & just started listening to Running Won't Save You with Allie Bailey. podcastaddict.com/podcast/runn...

I have zero training planned for the next couple of weeks. Doing a bit of maintenance on the bike & will ride it to work this week. Otherwise, time to recuperate & do some fun short midweek Fell races in June.

My friend, Rita, has a blog & wrote this about her experience of dot-watching a Bob Graham attempt ://theleadlesspencil.org/2026/05/21/pete-and-the-bg-an-ultra-running-adventure/

I've had an amazing weekend. Having attempted the Bob in 2023, I got as far as Gt Gable when the wheels came off. But I wanted to have another go, having learnt a lot of lessons from that. The weather was absolutely perfect. We had clear summits all the way round. No wind and not too warm either.

Tracker link for my BGR attempt below, starting at 6pm this evening. I'm fundraising for MSF: www.justgiving.com/page/peter-h... ://live.kongtracking.com/BG2026/?b=3

Tracker has arrived! 24 hrs to go until the #BobGrahamRound starts!

Hopefully this time next week I'll have finished leg 1 be on the way on leg 2. Only a 30% completion rate so far this year. But I'm feeling well trained and prepped!

Update on #Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel: Based on the current information, including how hantavirus spreads, WHO assesses the risk to the global population from this event as low. More information bit.ly/42Tc4J7

It's International Day of the Midwife! Thanks to all my midwifery colleagues at Liverpool Women's Hospital for your kindness & care for all our mothers.

They listen. They reassure. They ease fears. This International Day of the Midwife, we thank midwives for their competence, skills, compassion, and for being there at the very beginning of life.

100 miler giving me confidence I can keep going for 24hrs. But it's a tough challenge - even Bob himself tried a couple of times. I'm raising some £ for Medicin sans Frontiers, please consider a donation. www.justgiving.com/page/peter-h...

Last long run done before the #BobGrahamRound attempt. Covered 53km & 4000m climbing in (just) under 12hrs which is approx target pace, over Welsh rock & grass. 320km total & 15,000m ascent for April. Will now be tapering off for a couple of weeks.

Good news! The Dragon's Back is back on!! www.dragonsbackrace.com/news/2026/4/...

Had a great weekend running various bits of the ##BobGrahamRound route. Climbed Blencathra on Friday evening & tried the "parachute" descent off the summit. Then we ran legs 4&5 on Saturday & leg 2 on Sunday, bumping into others recceing the route & discussed route choices. Ran 78km & 6000m ascent.

One month to go until I attempt the #BobGrahamRound! My final weekender is coming up. I've run all the legs in training, except leg 4 (Wasdale to Honister), which I'll be running on Saturday. Hoping next month I get further than Gt Gable. I'm feeling more confident than last time, with my Spine...

Very Ukrainian accent: "Oh Mr Vance, is it hard to negotiate peace? Is it difficult to come to a deal when both sides have fundamentally irreconcilable positions on key issues? Does not being able to trust your counterparty make things tricky? Why do you hate peace, Mr Vance?"

My phone is throwing up photos of my recce trips to the Lakes 3 years ago..this one is on the summit of Sca Fell, with Wastwater just becoming visible thru the clouds. The weather had been misty up until then. I didn't end up completing the BG Round. Partly due to choosing to get from Scafell Pike

🚨: NASA just released this closest image of Moon ever taken by Artemis II . The clarity in insane in this view.

Cyclists cannot win. For every "I want you to ring your bell at me" there is an equal and opposite "How dare you ring your bell at me"

📢 I am delighted that from 1st May, I'll be working as the Divisional Medical Director for Liverpool Women's Hospital. This follows a major reorganisation of my Trust, with the Liverpool Women's & The Royal Liverpool forming a hospital partnership within Liverpool University Hospitals Group.

First case of Avian influenza reported in Europe. A patient in Italy hospitalised after being exposed outside Europe.

"Students in their final year of paramedic science degrees said they have been advised to apply for jobs in Canada, New Zealand and Australia." Absolutely batshit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We had amazing 🌞 weather today for our walk up Blencathra via Souther Fell. Good views of Sharp Edge. Then, we walked to Mungrisdale Common, Bannerdale Crags & Bowscale Fell before dropping back down. 5 Wainwrights in all, #122, 123 & 124 for me. Nice craggy edge between Bannerdale Crags & Bowscale.

Wow, James Gibson has broken another #FellRunning record

We walked up the tiniest Wainwright today, Castle Crag (290m high). Despite the small height, there are great views over Derwent Water towards Keswick & towards Honister. It was gifted to the nation after World War 1, (as were Gt Gable and Scafell Pike). Wainwright no. 121 for me.

I finished March with a loop from Keswick to Honister, then back on the 5th leg of the #BobGrahamRound. Not many views from the tops, but it was dry! Happy with my training in March, despite 2 weeks off with illness. Ran 240km & (more importantly) climbed 12,000m of ascent. 6 weeks to go!

Back to Bob Graham training today, although the weather had other ideas, throwing a bit of everything at us. Rain, hail, snow, and plenty of headwinds which blew us off our feet. Decided to cut it short & headed down to Easedale Tarn and then Grasmere.

We bagged two Wainwright's summits today - Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell. Number 120 for me. Mixed weather with hail/rain/sunny spells and looks like there is still snow on the tops. Great views over Derwent Water and the Helvellyn range.

Been off running for 2 weeks due to a persistent virus. Started back with Keswick Parkrun. A beautiful route along a trail, over bridges and through tunnels. Scenic views of snow-draped flanks of Blencathra. Also bumped into an ex-resident Doctor who worked with me back in 2013.

Blea Tarn looking towards the Langdale Pikes. #LakeDistrict #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #Scape #Landscape #Reflections #Photography

Resident doctors in the NHS to launch a six-day strike straight after the Easter bank holiday starting at 7am on April 7 until 6.59am on April 13.

‘Superhuman’ healthcare workers saved NHS from collapse, Covid inquiry finds www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Incredible, detailed reporting, even down to times recorded, fees, wording prompts. Either this man knows 💯 what he is doing or he's astonishingly careless and gullible. Whichever is the case, he is entirely unfit to lead a political party. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

It turns out that the runner I bumped into at the foot of Lords Rake on Friday is Arthur Hill and is quite handy!! He set a record for the Winter Bob Graham in December 2025. www.ukclimbing.com/articles/fea...

This is terrible news for anyone who entered the Northern Traverse, Dragon's Back or Cape Wrath ultra this year. #ultrarunning www.oureaevents.com/news/2026/ce...

We had a spectacular day in the Lake District. Snow on the tops. The hills looked amazing. We ran leg 1 (Skiddaw, Gt Calva & Blencathra) coming down Halls Fell, which was a bit snowy at the top but ok after that. I carried on to do most of leg 2 over the Dodds & Helvellyn but ducked out before...

I returned to Langdale Valley for another go at the 2nd half of leg 3 of the Bob Graham. The weather wasn't very promising at the start, cold,rain, hail & gusts of wind. However the forecast was for the wind to drop and when I got to Esk Pike it had & it stopped raining! Mickledore was OK so I...

This is the exact same Guy you could find 2,000 years ago as a Roman senator gleefully listing the number of Germani slain and sold into slavery, 900 years ago exulting in the sack of Jerusalem, or 100 years ago celebrating 500 yards taken on the Western Front. Timeless chickenhawk scum.

First trip to the Lakes for a recce trip for leg 3. Leg 3 starts in Dunmail Raise near Grasmere & ends in Wasdale. It's the longest & toughest leg with 2000m of ascent. We had mixed weather with snow, rain & sun. We did about 2/3rds of the route today, plan to do the 2nd half tomorrow.

Just returning from a fantastic week of ⛷️ in the French Alps. There were massive amounts of snow.

PS Ignore the mention of 300-500 miles for shoe life. Regular readers of our posts will know that the advice is out-dated, misleading and used by manufacturers to drive over consumption. Love the shoes you own.

Lots of good advice in this article on how to reduce the cost of a marathon. Supporting your local marathon is great for reducing costs, reducing carbon emissions (over 90% of emissions for events arise from travel) and supporting your community. Great to see recommendations re preloved kit.

joyce is going after elon again

It's 24 years today since I got married to this amazing person. I appreciate all her support & encouragement for the irrational challenges I do.

Made it! Briefly touched foot in Italy before we got here.

The 2026 Barkley Marathons began with one of the strongest fields ever. The starting field came from 15 Counties as well as 15 States, and included ten women. The course seemed not to care. Over 70% of the field is done. #BM100

We are off skiing ⛷️ in France this week. Travelling by Eurostar, spending a night in Paris, then a TGV to the Alps. Just waiting to board the Eurostar with a short delay on the way down to Euston. Love travelling by train.

High time shoe manufacturers* moved on from the myth 🐂 💩 that trainers need to be replaced every 300-500 miles. And Strava need to do the same. Over consumption is bad news for the planet 🌍 * the big brands are the prime culprits