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Ray before start of the Race

Running the Dream

I have just had a great weekend. The weekend was focused on running but I also managed to include some culture and history. For the foreseeable future, this sort of weekend is part of what ‘the dream’ means to me (my dream might be quite different to your dream). The British Master Trail Running Ch

Ray Poynter with Ice Cream

Running an eight-hour challenge

Two days ago, I set out to see how far I could run in eight hours. The conditions were not great. In the UK, we are having a heat wave, and it is less than three weeks since I finished the 268-mile Spine Race. But Friday was the day I had picked, so I gave it my best shot. The background to this ch

CPR dummies

Learning about Outdoor First Aid

Wow, that was an intense weekend. I have just finished a two-day (two 8-hour days) Outdoor First Aid course run by Will 4 Adventure. I feel much better prepared now for being able to help people if needed. The skills the course included: CPR, tackling wounds and breaks, and in particular dealing un

Ray at Registration

268 miles in 5 and a half days – the ordinary guy is even more extraordinary

Two days ago, I completed the 268 mile (431 KM) Spine Race from Edale in Derbyshire, along the Pennine Way, to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland, I completed the distance in just under 153 hours (about 5.5 days). If you had told me 18 months ago that I could run that far, I would not have believed it.

Ray Poynter

Preparing to Run 268 Miles – for CoppaFeel!

In three days, on Sunday 19 June I will be setting of to try and run 268 miles (425KM) up the Pennine Way as part of the Montane Spine Race. I have 6.5 days to complete the course. I am raising money for a fantastic charity called CoppaFeel! who do great work in promoting breast cancer awareness –

3 Day Recce in May 2022

Three-day Recce on the Pennine Way

Last weekend I did a three day recce of the Pennine Way, from Hawes to Dufton, as part of my preparation for the Spine Race – which starts two weeks from now. On the Friday I took trains from Nottingham to Garsdale, a bus to Hawes, and started running. I didn’t start running until about 1pm, so it

Ray Poynter near the end of a race

An ordinary person, doing something extraordinary

A few days ago I ran 270KM (168 miles) in just under 3 days. I consider that extraordinary – but I don’t consider myself extraordinary. Here is a post about what I did, and what I learned about ordinary people and extraordinary goals. The event was the inaugural running of the Pennine Bridleway Tra