March 2023

  • An Unadvised Marathon and The Elusive Runners High

    Runner’s high is real, incredible and everyone should seek out this natural euphoria. First, let me set some context.  I’m writing this immediately after finishing a run. My brain is a scramble of euphoria and chaotic thoughts. I am doing my best to put pen to paper and turn my elation into something tangible and comprehensible…

  • Wild Swimming Diaries: 25th February 2023.

    Wild Swimming Diaries: 25th February 2023.

    📍Location: Hampstead Heath Men’s Pond 🌡Water Temperature: 6.4°C ⏰️ Time in the water: ~5.3mins The Story Whilst paying £4.25 to swim in a pond feels like a painfully commercialised version of wild swimming, I am lucky to live near Hampstead Heath Ponds. It is certainly not the same as swimming in the sea off the…

  • The Adventure Conscious Podcast: Episode 1, Carl Stanfield

    Introduction. In Episode 1 of The Adventure Conscious Podcast, we talked to Carl Stanfield, otherwise known as “The Professor”. Carl spent 352 out of the 365 days of 2022 hiking on the US trails, becoming one of the few to complete the Calendar Year Triple Crown.  The Calendar Year Triple Crown (+) The Calendar Year…