I think the brecon beacons is a wonderfull stunning place. Jasper and i love the place.

My training over the past few weeks has included the first half of the beacons ultra route. Not a bad route, the gap road is playing hell with my ankles and with all the rain we've had it's like a river, i imagine in dec it will be covered in ice. I am not pleased with my performance over the past few weeks. Ive been getting headaches while running (could be the weather getting on my nerves).
Tomorrow think i'll run Fan Llia - Fan Frynych - Fan Fawr and back
Check out the photo of jasper in the wind on top of Fan Llia (is this really summer?)

Great news, just entered the brecon beacons ultra, over the moon. I will have to buy jasper a little headtorch........

Fixture list for rest of the year 2009

October 24th - Snowdonia marathon
December 5th - Beacons Ultra

Jasper on a 3hr run over the mountains. I stopped at the waterfall for him to have a drink,felt good at the end.

Jasper enjoying a well deserved drink at the end of the neolitic canix half. (we come 3rd, great)

Sorry Milly, no entries since April. From now on i will tell lots of stories and put loads of photo's of me and jasper on the blog.

This is me coming 34th in the mdisummer munro (britains hardest half) 'The pain was great'

Jasper feels the effects of the credit crunch

Nights last night...............

We set off for our daily run about one this afternoon. I wasnt to sure what route to take, after some deep conversation with jasper we decided to take in the 'foel' mountain. (its a favorite of ours but after a night shift its hard work)
The way jasper was running you could of been fooled into thinking he was the one that had been working nights. I know now that he was pacing himself, not like me........
After about 2hrs of running i was in a terrible state.
When Jasper normally completes a run with me he always gets a pork pie or a few slices of ham. I promised jasper if he would get me through the final difficult 30Min's of the run i would give him double pork pie and ham treat. Fair play to jasper he was a dog of his word. He didn't bark at any sheep and stayed right by my side until the end of the run. We finished the run in 2hrs 30 Min's (give or take a few Min's).
I wiped jasper down and let him in the house. Jasper run straight into the kitchen and sat up looking at the fridge. I opened the fridge and to my shock there was no pork pies or ham. I looked down at jasper gave him a brief lecture on the current economic down turn and how it has effected the price of ham and pork pies.
I think he was happy with the dog biscuit i gave him though.