Stories by Xmiles

I'm John Fowler, 55 years old and living in Exeter, Devon. After a boisterous youth spent playing drums and guitars in noisy bands, I discovered endurance adventure sports in my late twenties in mountain-biking. After regular training on Dartmoor, the...

I'm a self employed joiner in our family business making handmade kitchens and bedrooms. I've been running since 2012 but this was only a couple of times a week whilst playing cricket and hockey. I entered Scafell Trail Marathon in...

I’m George. I’ve been running for 3 years now, but really started getting competitive last year. I got into ultra running by accident really. My work holds a manual 46 mile endurance event, so I decided to give it a go,...

I began running in 2015, I had been struggling with anxiety and depression and began to use running as an outlet on my bad days. I ran a half marathon, and although I was terrified of the groups at the...

What are your personal bests? 5K        16:42 10k      34:00 1/2      74:02 M        2:37   What have you been doing during lockdown? I have been lucky enough to still be working so that didn’t change much for me, but...