
Wildstrubel UTMB Trail Race article on Ultrarunner Magazine
In September 2024, Iain took part in the Wild 70 ultra marathon in Crans Montana, Switzerland. The race is one of several organised over the ‘Wildstrubel by UTMB’ weekend of trail races. Iain’s review of the race has now been published by Ultrarunner Magazine. You can read the full article here and listen to Iain’s...

UTMB 2021 Race Report: Finishing is Winning!
On Sunday 29 August, I finished the 2021 UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) in 41 hours, 35 minutes and 35 seconds. That placed me in 755th place out of 2347 starters and 108th of 541 in the MV50 age category. A good result certainly, but my mantra for the race throughout had been ‘finishing...

‘Fastpacking’ article on FastRunning.com
Iain’s article about his recent four-day ‘fastpack’ of the Tour du Mont Blanc has been published at FastRunning.com: Iain travelled to France in July. ‘Fast-packing’ is hiking, but lighter and faster – it’s great training for trail running races. Iain’s trip was a recce for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc trail running race, taking...

‘Pilgrim Challenge’ Article in Trail Running Magazine
As part of his ‘Road to UTMB 2021’ journey, Iain’s article about the ‘Pilgrim Challenge’ two-day ultra marathon has been published by Trail Running Magazine. This is a follow up to his ‘How to train for the UTMB in the UK‘ article, which was published in the June/July issue of the magazine. Many thanks to...

‘UTMB’ article in Trail Running Magazine
How do you train for the infamous UTMB ultra marathon – 165km with almost 10,000m of climbing – if you live in the UK? Iain answers this question in his recent article for Trail Running Magazine, as he describes his training plans before he takes on this world famous race in August 2021. The article...

Trail Running article by Skipedia on welove2ski
Iain’s article on ‘Trail running in the Alps‘ was recently published on welove2ski.com The article looks at which races to choose, how to enter and how to prepare – based on his experience of running mountain marathons and ultra marathons in the Alps: Trail Running articles by Iain You can also read Iain’s race...