‘... I dearly wished I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.’ - Terry Pratchett I'm 5 Weeks out from the London Marathon now, there has been a lot to process for this. My Son will be at the finish line, It's the first time where I've not felt like I'm doing it for just dad, but for me. And now I can reveal after this, I won't get to run for Winston's Wish again.... ...

Two Tunnels 2025   So having vowed I would never do an Ultra, Here I am running an Ultra. With the most piss poor training. My long run...

When: Distance: 183.86 miles Elevation: 14,715 ft Time: 13 hours 38m Weather: Variable from overcast to apocalyptic This event and I had...

So before I signed up to London next year, their were a number of events this year I did. I've been slow at writing them up and...

"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the...

https://www.justgiving.com/page/russellbrookes2025 Lately I've been having to just keep going. It's something that happens to all of us....

Ah Sir Terry Pratchett. In terms of reflection, it's too him, I always find solace. Behind his wit, was someone with a great...

That time, is the time my watch thinks I can run a Marathon. I'm beginning to think it might be a little drunk to be honest. However, I'm...

" His age was indeterminate. But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was...

I keep meaning to do better with my blog, honest. But life has been busy and finding time to recap it all has been challenging to say the...

18th August 2024, Bath Unfinished business and a chip on my shoulder. That pretty much amounted to the preparation I'd done for this...

I've put off writing this blog for a while. It's not easy to go back and go over how I fell apart, and it's a time of feeling rather...

So after two weeks of hard events, we came to a planned two weeks rest before the next phase of events. The fact that these two works...

So the events were all done and dusted a while ago; kinda. It didn't quite go to plan and I was very burnt out and needed a good long...

6 Weeks till go time, the first event and it's a Biggy out the block; The Ultra Marathon, 30 odd Marathons, a lot of hills and the...

So much Universe, so little time. I'm spinning a lot of plates at the moment and it's just so hard to make time or headspace to do a blog...