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For most of my runs I carry a backpack. This is a parody of my last blog. Probably mostly true. Warning . NSFW. I'm sweary, if easily offended don't read my blog. Stop now. Fuckin stop!! What's in my backpack ...? Water . I'm a thirsty runner, especially if it's warm. I'm heavy and sweat like a flip flops' toe post. So I need to drink! Lots. I'm not planning of dying of thirst in a field 10 miles from home in bloody Lancashire!. Food . Everyone knows that long runs and ultras are an excuse to eat. A staple food being the pork pie. My hubby actually Lol'd when I mentioned eating my egg butty while running. To be fair if cake would survive I'd fucking take some. Waterproofs I live in Lancashire. It's statistically one of the wettest parts of the country. Fact . In other words it rains. All the fucking time. Gloves / Buff Lancashire. Moors. Windy as fuck. Without wearing a coat gloves can be enough to help against th...

Recently while out trail running I think I was bitten. Once or twice, Well actually quite a few times! I run trails and fells, and while it's been hot and dry I recall that one of my fell runs was post rainfall and boggy and 'insecty'. Not phased too much I wafted the bugs away as I passed through. Later, or the next day I discovered that I had been repeatedly bitten. At first I blamed the everyday gnat coming in through the window and eating me while I slept. However the bites became quite big and angry looking so I googled them. Horsefly. I remember swatting away at some of those beasts! Did I need to see a doctor? Luckily no. Although I did ask a couple of the nurses at work to take a quick look! My only reaction was a typical reaction, and so I got some cream to help with the itching. This blog is a little borrowed advise from the NHS website for bites and stings. Bites Wasp or hornet stings causes a sudden sharp pain. A swollen red mark may then form on the ski...