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Some final advice for anyone running their first London Marathon this weekend.
Normal, more regular service will return!
Reminder that my second book “Ducking Long Way” is out on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ducking-Long-Way-Ultra-Running/dp/1913207587
For more irreverent running nonsense head to: 
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California dreaming? I was.
A holiday to the US fortunately lined up with the Born To Run event hosted by All We Do Is Run events so I turned up to a horse ranch at 5am on a Saturday to run 30 miles and hopefully avoid the rattlesnakes.
Hear how I got on and why you should head to California.
Reminder that my second book “Ducking Long Way” is out on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ducking-Long-Way-Ultra-Running/dp/1913207587
For more irreverent running nonsense head to: 
www.runlikeduck.co.uk
For Born To Run events head to:  
https://allwedoisrun.com/
 

If you like your marathons with a touch of politics then you're in luck!
The Malta Marathon has been running for 37 years and has face cancellation due to Covid and freak storms. As many as 4000 runners tackle the full and half marathon on a typical year.
With just three weeks to go until the 2022 event they were denied a permit on their previous route and offered a new route they deemed unsafe so were forced to cancel. 
Then the very next day there was an announcement of an alternative full and half marathon, organised by Transport Malta and Sport Malta, for the same day as the original.
Could a government department organise a large scale event so quickly and could a pasty Brit with little training make it around?
 

The Centurion 50 mile slam is four 50 mile events in a single year and a challenging target for any runner.
Dawn decided it looked a bit too easy so threw in becoming a mum and completing her journey to the 100 marathon club all in 12 months!
She’s full of enthusiasm and advice for recent or expectant mums on returning to running, as well as recounting the challenge of completing the slam.
Reminder that my second book “Ducking Long Way” is out for pre-order on Amazon and includes my adventure on the Lakeland 100:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ducking-Long-Way-Ultra-Running/dp/1913207587
 
For more irreverent running nonsense head to www.runlikeduck.co.uk
 
For the race head to https://www.centurionrunning.com/
 

This year’s MDS was as usual hot and sandy. With soaring temps and a bug sweeping through the camp it saw drop out rates of 50%. If the camel spiders didn’t get you the vomiting did.
In part 2 of the MDS special Lauren is back to tell us how she got on, why there’s a mountain in the desert and describe how bad 200 people who haven’t washed for a week smell.
Reminder that my second book “Ducking Long Way” is out on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ducking-Long-Way-Ultra-Running/dp/1913207587
For more irreverent running nonsense head to www.runlikeduck.co.uk
For the race head to https://www.marathondessables.com/en
 

The London Marathon is famous for catering to runners of all abilities but that image was tainted in 2019 when the back of the pack runners were pushed to one side and the course was closed around them with aid stations packed up before they got to them. The organisers vowed to fix this and took on the criticism, intending to improve the provision so that all runners can truly experience the London Marathon for all 26.2 miles.
I talk to Bex, a self-proclaimed back of the pack runner about her experience this year when she ran London as her first marathon, taking the daunting leapt up from half marathon distance.
Bex also has great advice on how to deal with online trolls and what it truly means to be a runner.
Reminder that my second book “Ducking Long Way” is out on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ducking-Long-Way-Ultra-Running/dp/1913207587
For more irreverent running nonsense head to www.runlikeduck.co.uk