Rob BarberAug 18, 202112 min readMarathon; the Shropshire wayWelcome to the Mammothon It is a surprising county is Shropshire. There are things here you just wouldn’t really know about, unless of...
Rob BarberJul 17, 20213 min readDoing The SplitsHa! I wish. These days I can barely manoeuvre my body into the shape required to muster up a half decent hamstring stretch. No, the...
Rob BarberJun 20, 20214 min readAlrighty Then…..Fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞. So I put together this training plan; way way back at the start of the year… I was just about ready to close...
Rob BarberJun 9, 20212 min readNettlesThat is what summertime trail running means to me; nettles. I try to dodge them, but doing so gets harder every day. 3 weeks ago there...
Rob BarberMay 31, 20212 min readSunshineWell well well, who’d have thought that barely a month after uttering the depressingly negative words “why does it have to do this every...
Rob BarberMay 23, 20213 min readOh the times they are a changing'Come gather 'round 'Buzzers, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you'll be drenched...
Rob BarberMay 10, 20214 min readNot today Bert, not today Today was supposed to be a running day. A mountain day. An event. Today was supposed to be a chance to share a day out in beautiful...
Rob BarberMay 4, 20213 min readSheep There it went; Bank Holiday Weekend. Not the best in terms of weather it has to be said. Still, I do not hold with the pessimistic...
Rob BarberApr 27, 20217 min readPurgatoryIt used to be my playground. It used to bring me joys. It used to feel like freedom. Now it just annoys. I guess there will be some...
Rob BarberApr 19, 20212 min readR.I.P. My Former SelfHope Mountain Runner. He lived, he died, he lived, he died.... Over and over the pattern repeated. He was a downhill hare, until that is...