On 10th July 2020, Andy Day and I decided to attempt a fastest known time (FKT) on the 83-mile Oxford Canal Walk from Coventry to Oxford. As far as we were aware there was no previous registered time, so we thought this would be a great way of getting our first FKT without too much pressure. I chose this route because it had special meaning to me as I grew up in Coventry after … [Read more...] about Oxford Canal Walk FKT
Canal Races
GUCR 2019 Ballot Draw
2nd November 2018 - The Draw I was way too excited for a cold, November Friday night driving over with Lucy to The Woolpack pub in Buckingham for the draw for the Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR), the iconic 145-mile race from Birmingham to London. I ran GUCR in 2016 in 34 hours and 11 minutes and in 2017 in 33 hours and 24 minutes, finishing 7th in the Canalslam in 2017. I … [Read more...] about GUCR 2019 Ballot Draw