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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 31/10/2025

PMSL. That's the problem with getting old, like this guy... @cliffcrocker.bsky.social #webperf

Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 30/10/2025

@inesakrap.bsky.social asked on stage about crossing dodgy bridges, this is the ropiest one I've been on this year #perfnow

My son on a rope bridge, I'm just about to get on

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 04/10/2025

Storm Amy forced a change of plans for this weekend, so instead of heading to the West Highland Way I decided to do a long (and slow) local route. Furthest I've run for 9 weeks and I could tell by the end! #trailrunning

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 28/09/2025

Beautiful day here in Fife, Scotland. Felt great to have a Type 1 fun run, before a full day of DIY. #trailrunning #running

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 21/09/2025

I love the light we get at this time of year. Just wish I had shot this a bit slower and for longer

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 08/09/2025

according to Windows, it's a bit colder here...

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 08/09/2025

Thanks Windows, I'll remember to put something warm under my jacket

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 22/07/2025

Chamonix has been everything I'd hoped for, amazing trails and fitness increase without breaking myself. Nice little run in the forest with 508m of ascent. #trailrunning

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 19/07/2025

First (and biggest) run of the holidays, 1281m of ascent. Up to Plan de l'Aiguille, along the Grande Balcony Nord to Montenvers, and back to the campsite. #trailrunning

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 15/07/2025

Consistency pays off. Finally tipped over into the next category in my Garmin Endurance Score. Now to aim for "elite". #running

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 14/07/2025

Our Saturday evening camping spot. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #wildcamping #scotland

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 09/07/2025

Anyone get a bit twitchy on recovery weeks when they see this? #running #runningtraining

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 22/06/2025

Well, that was tough going! First ever marathon distance training run, longest run by 8km, biggest overall running week at 76km. It was 664m of ascent and some of the paths were so overgrown that the going was difficult. Last 10km were hard, had IT band pain on my right knee. #running #trailrunning

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 06/06/2025

Trying to decide what to wear tomorrow, jacket and shorts, full waterproofs or a wetsuit. At least there isn't much wind forecast. #trailrunning

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 31/05/2025

Not the best run ever, tight calves and shins for most of it, just didn't feel smooth. But still managed to do 95% in zone 2, so that's a tick. It'll be a 54km week by the time I've had a recovery run tomorrow. Still a long way to go before I'm a 50 mile runner! #trailrunning youtu.be/3-83tWyAgww

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 12/05/2025

Well, that was a fun weekend! Short run on Saturday to save my legs for Sunday's Kickboxing grading, pizza from our brick oven on Saturday evening (taking carb loading seriously) then mountain biking with a couple of dads and the kids. #running #kickboxing #pizzaoven #mtb

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 10/05/2025

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Carb loading for tomorrow's kickboxing grading #pizza

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 10/04/2025

A break from #trailrunning today, beautiful day for some #wildswimming in upper Eskdale. We've had an amazing time in the Lake District, cloudless skies every day.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 05/04/2025

Epic 27km, 1600m ascent run this morning, starting in Eskdale, heading up Scafell, down scrambling and up to Scafell Pike. Over 5hrs on feet. Tired but nothing feels broken. The weather could not have been better. youtube.com/shorts/Cf7fu... #trailrunning #running

Picture of me out on a run with Strava stats, 27.2km, 1659m elevation gain, 5h 19m duration

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 03/04/2025

Saturday's #trailrunning plan. A lot of ascent (for me) and a lot of sunshine. It's going to be epic. I am *so* excited for this run. #running

Route map of a 26km run in the lake district

Weather forecast for Saturday in the lake district

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 29/03/2025

Heavy legs for the first third, but managed to push through. Felt easier 2 weeks ago. Progress is not a linear process. Looking forward to seeing how it feels after a few weeks of doing this route. #trailrunning #running #runningtraining

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 29/03/2025

Picking up a bunch of flours for mother's day...

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 08/03/2025

On paper, a good run. Same distance as last week, but 11s per km faster. However, my objective was to actually have lower relative effort. I find when my legs start to get tired I need to power through it, which is higher intensity. Anyone else feel the same? #running #trailrunning #runningtraining

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 27/01/2025

The plan said "recovery week, long run 11km", circumstances said "you're in the Highlands of Scotland for the weekend, there's snow underfoot and the weather is great". Ran a section of the West Highland Way, conditions couldn't have been better, apart from a few fallen trees #running #trailrunning

West Highland Way looking towards Beinn Dorain, path covered in snow.
Also shows Strava stats for the run, 22km, 545m elevation gain, 2h 19m.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 21/01/2025

This week is one of my regular recovery weeks. Fast run becomes a slow run, long run becomes a good bit shorter and strength sessions condensed into 1 full-body session. Curious to hear how others structure de-load weeks? #running #runningtraining

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 20/01/2025

Until I started woodworking with oak I hadn't appreciated how much of the (amazing) smell around a distillery came from the oak, I had always assumed it was from the malted barley. I'm lucky to have obtained a good pile of it!

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 19/01/2025

My shed smells like a distillery... Planing an offcut from one of my stack of oak slabs from a tree I had milled. 2.5" thick cutting board should last a few years. #woodworking #diy

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 17/01/2025

This week's evening project sees the intersection of two hobbies: #running #fitness and #diy. Welding up this shelving to store my weights stuff. Will get clad in oak in the future. Nice to have it all tidied away but still accessible.

Metal shelving unit holding kettle bells and other exercise equipment

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 14/01/2025

Out for a tempo run this morning, starting to feel a bit stronger on these shorter runs. Hopefully a sign of more to come and hopefully get a bit quicker! #running

View on my run this morning, I'm stood in the foreground looking over the water to put village. Strava stats showing, 9km run at a 4:38 pace.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 11/01/2025

Looking forward to the day when this sort of run doesn't result in quite so much stress afterwards. Hopefully that's the case by April/May. #running

Strava map of my long run today, distance 22.6km at a 6:10 pace.

Garmin stress graph for today, showing a continuous amount of moderate stress after my run.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 07/01/2025

Cold wind this morning but beautiful. Legs tired from a combination of some sort of virus (thankfully almost recovered) and Saturday's 21.1k. Third run of the year and 6th Strava activity. Off to a good start and hopefully onwards and upwards! #running

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year! 2025 is going to be a good one. I'm going to be careful and not get injured, all the while building fitness to run ultra distances. Running and fitness can't be resolutions, as it doesn't take any resolve to do them. I don't have many resolutions, 3 seems like a good number:

Selfie of me during my first run of the year, just 5.4km, 5:34 pace.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 24/12/2024

Middle of my deload week, reducing intensity and overall distance for the week, dropping a legs strength session and no kickboxing. A big lesson from having IT Band Syndrome is that it is so important to build in rest and recovery weeks. Deload doesn't mean no load. #running #runningtraining

Selfie of me with Strava running stats from this morning's run, 10.3km at a 6:06 pace

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 19/12/2024

Well, Saturday's long run should be entertaining... 🙄 💨🏃 #running #trailrunning

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 19/12/2024

Apologies for being so repetitive and perhaps too often sharing pictures from the house, but to be honest, anything else I say is trivial compared to Nature's splendor. This morning's sunrise was a cracker! #lovewhereyoulive #scotland

The sunrise taken from my bedroom window

The sunrise shot from my drone above the house

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 15/12/2024

An elf helping me assemble my Christmas present to myself. My Strength and Conditioning journey continues. (Decathlon weight bench) #fitness

My son lying on the floor, screwing some bolts into my new weights bench.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 14/12/2024

Beautiful morning in eastern Scotland for my long run this morning. Not fast or that far, but really pleased to rebuilding the mileage without any knee pain. #running #trailrunning

Selfie of me out on my morning run with the Forth Estuary behind me and clear skies

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 10/12/2024

Want to see a video of the sunset tonight in Fife, Scotland? Of course you do! #lovewhereyoulive

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 10/12/2024

Nice morning for a short tempo run. 64% in HR zone 3, which felt about right. #running #trailrunning

Selfie of me, with the Forth Estuary behind. Picture shows Strava stata for the run, 9.1km distance, 4:39/km AVG pace.

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 08/12/2024

It's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas 🎄

Picture of our living room, wood burning stove on, and Christmas tree up

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 07/12/2024

Ok, this isn't Instagram, but I just wanted to share this evening's sunset, I'm really grateful to call this home. Pictures taken about 100m from the house. #lovewhereyoulive

Picture of the Forth Estuary and the sunset

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 06/12/2024

What I'm really like deep down inside... Got my first ever DEXA scan today. The data is fascinating. Seemingly my left leg has 500g less muscle than my right. Something a bit weird about seeing your own skeleton for funsies...

Body scan image, showing skeleton, lean tissue and fat tissue

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 03/12/2024

My kids primary school gives one of these out per class per week, really positive little touch. Our little village school is worth celebrating! #kids #education

Picture of school certificate celebrating my daughter's excellent effort

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 01/12/2024

100% sure my wife would agree

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Stuart McMillan @stuart-mcmillan.com · 01/12/2024

Content Analysis: Stuart writes like he’s conducting a symphony of thoughts, balancing technical analysis with dad jokes, and occasionally hitting the high notes with a meme. The result? A melodic blend of accessibility and depth that keeps us coming back for encores! blueskyroast.com/roast

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