Less than 1000 miles to go…
Kath and I have hammered out a plan, based on lots of assumptions, including ramping up our mileage significantly whilst taking less rest days. What could possibly go wrong?!
Dear new running shoes, where are you?!
Dear shoes, where are you? I hope its not too uncomfortable in that little parcel you are in. I see from the first attempt to post you via DHL tracking 3 weeks ago that had an eventful time! You were sent by my parents to me, to replace the ones we have run 1000’s of …
Dear Mum and Dad
hi guys, in presedente figueiredo – a functional (horrid) little town!! anyway – thanks for sending parcel – just checked, you wouldn´t believe it but they buggered up again (is it really a german company?!) – this time sent to the wrong facility in spain according to dhl.co.uk tracking. We have 3 more days running …
Running the Amazon Pt 1: Gallery
A Gallery of images from our run from Porto Velho to Manaus, Amazona. This unique expedition leg is better captured in images than words .. .. .. Click to view larger images.
Running The Amazon Rainforest: The Plan
The Route: The Infamous BR 319 In reality, we are trying to run to an island. On a Brazilian roadmap you will not encounter distances to Manaus, because it is effectively an island, and you can´t simply drive there. But is has not always been that way. In the 70´s, the military goverment sought to …
An additional running trailer is spawned!
Due to the logistics of the next stage, from Humaitá to Manaus, we have had to temporarily adopt another running trailer. We used recycled materials again, in the same vein as the last, and stuck with bamboo construction. Key differences for this one are the use of bicycle forks, rather then the rear section of …
Second trailer being born today
We have arrived in Humaita, small town which marks both the end of week long slog, and the start of what will probably be he hardest stretch we will face on the expedition, crossing the Amazon Rainforest Part1! The last days have been fairly dull from a running perspective due to deforestation by the roadside …
Fiscal cliff averted and we focus on running!
Amazing news! After lending a favourable ear to our desperate appeals for extra funds to help cover the remaining expedition costs, we have received top-up grants from
Survival – March of the Insects
Clouds of butterflies, armies of leaf-cutter ants, stinging wasps, tiny black or yellow salt loving bees, swarms of midges and batallions of termites. These have been
British Couple First in World to Run Length of Bolivia
Press Release British adventure-running couple, Katharine and David Lowrie, are hoping to run into the record books after completing an unsupported and gruelling 1,187 mile run across Bolivia, a country four times the size of Great Britain. This is the first time this feat has ever been attempted. Due to the vast wild areas the …
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