This blog has moved. After redesigning my website in June 2019 I have moved my blogs to: https://www.davemacleod.com/blog I'll l...

A vlog on how I motivate myself to train. It’s pretty simple.

"What gets measured, gets managed". Measuring aspects of performance in sport is a good thing, but only if you are measuring t...

Nevis Faces is a 6 part series of short films Claire and I have made for the Nevis Landscape Partnership that explores the faces of thos...

A comment after Vlog #11 prompted me to do a whole episode exploring the pros and cons of physical versus sedentary jobs and their inter...

The second in our 6-part series about interesting folk in the Nevis Area is out. This time about Dave Cuthbertson. I spent most of my y...

People are busy, including me. This post goes through how I manage busy work periods from a training point of view. I also discuss a com...

Here are three strategies I use in my own climbing to reflect on the previous year and plan for better results in the coming year, with...

Iain Small starting out on the bold lower half of Mr Fahrenheit E7 6b on the Comb, Ben Nevis. The prow on the right is my own route An...

Back in March I had a great day out climbing a link-up I’d thought about for many years: Font 8A boulder, E8 trad, 8a sport, VIII,8 win...