Anthony Stevens
Among Giants
2024 Tor des Géants: 8-14 September 2024 “Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends Mm, I get high with a little help from my...
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Anthony Stevens
Jan 2323 min read
It's a Family Affair
2024 Winter Spine Challenger South: 13-14 January 2024 “You can't cry 'cause you'll look broke down But you're cryin' anyway 'cause...
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Anthony Stevens
Sep 26, 202347 min read
Dragonfire
Dragon's Back Race, 4-9 September 2023 “Dragons are fire made flesh.” “Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.” George R. R. Martin...
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Anthony Stevens
Jul 1, 202331 min read
The Italian Job
Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120km: 23 June 2023 "Hang on a minute, lads, I've got a great idea" https://www.strava.com/activities/9326832405...
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Anthony Stevens
May 21, 202337 min read
La Belle Sauvage, or "Into the Pain Cave"
Ultra Trail Snowdonia 100 mile: 12 May 2023 “Beautiful beyond belief. Savage beyond reason.” Yeah, right. That’s what all ultras say … I...
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Anthony Stevens
May 19, 202314 min read
The Karst and the Curious
2023 Istria 100 by UTMB Blue Course: 15 April 2023 It’s been 30 years since I last visited Croatia – back when Croatia was still part of...
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Anthony Stevens
Dec 7, 202214 min read
Winter is Coming
2022 Montane Cheviot Goat: 3 December 2022 A happy Goat at the end of the race The Cheviot Goat has been described as “deep bodied, with...
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Anthony Stevens
Oct 16, 20228 min read
Lost Weekend - Kent 1 Peak Ultra 50km, 15 October 2022
Follow me on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/41995736 Pre-Race I was really looking forward to doing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Ultra...
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Anthony Stevens
Jul 3, 202236 min read
Spinal Cracker - 2022 Summer Spine Race, 20-25 June 2022
“He one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee” Come Together, The Beatles Entering the 2021 Summer Spine race was definitely a...
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Anthony Stevens
Jun 4, 202233 min read
To the Lighthouse - 2022 Cape Wrath Ultra, 22-29 May 2022
Ask anyone internationally about multi-day ultramarathons and the chances are, if they are able to name any of them, they will mention...
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Anthony Stevens
May 18, 202212 min read
Ready for Wrath – 160k over three ultras from 24 April to 7 May
South Downs 45k, BigWayRound 50k and Bewl Water 60k Ultras After finishing the 300k Northern Traverse (NT) in early April, and with the...
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Anthony Stevens
Apr 9, 202236 min read
Northern Soul
2022 Silva Northern Traverse: 2-4 April 2022 Pre-Race There is something special about Coast-to-Coast races. Something about the fact...
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Anthony Stevens
Mar 13, 20227 min read
Training Day - Running On Empty
2022 Humanity Direct Amersham 50k / 30 miles: 5 March 2022 “Race your strengths, train your weaknesses”. Following last month’s Pilgrim...
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Anthony Stevens
Feb 7, 202213 min read
A Race of Two Halves
2022 Pilgrim Challenge 106km / 66 miles: 5-6 February 2022 Pre-Race The Pilgrim Challenge, organised by XNRG events, is a race that I...
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Anthony Stevens
Feb 1, 20222 min read
1000 Mile Challenge - Raising Money for Mind UK
As some of you may know, mental health is a topic close to my heart, and over the last few years many of my ultras have involved also...
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Anthony Stevens
Jan 29, 20223 min read
After the Spine - Recovery and Re-Training
After finishing a long 'A' race, the temptation is to celebrate, and to treat the post-race recovery period as an opportunity to catch up...
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Anthony Stevens
Jan 22, 202225 min read
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2022 Montane Winter Spine Challenger North: 9-11 January 2022 In 1702, the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho’s most famous work, The Narrow Road...
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Anthony Stevens
Dec 19, 202110 min read
2021 Sunrise Ultra 135km / 83 miles: 11-12 December 2021
Pre-Race The Sunrise Ultra is a race that has intrigued me for the last couple of years – run in the middle of December, it starts at...
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Anthony Stevens
Oct 30, 202113 min read
2021 Yorkshire 3 Peaks Ultra 70km: 16 October 2021
Pre-Race I signed up for the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Ultra while I was still feeling flush after finishing the Summer Spine Race at the end of...
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Anthony Stevens
Jul 1, 202132 min read
2021 Montane Summer Spine Race: 19-25 June 2021
Pre-Race With the race starting in Edale at 4pm on a Saturday, the first thing a ‘Spiner’ has to do is to think about logistics before...
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