Endurance | Adventure | Chill
Salomon, today unveiled its concept for a new performance road running shoe that can be fully recycled into a ski boot. The result of more than a year and a half of research and development, the recyclable concept shoe can be ground down at the end of its life, allowing Salomon to take the pieces,…
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YOU ARE AN ATHLETE It may sound counter intuitive, you’re not on the podium, sponsors aren’t kitting you out head to toe, you pay for everything and may not be the most consistent in training. BUT YOU ARE AN ATHLETE You work as hard to complete the race, you sweat, grimace, suffer and grit your…
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In 2020, the World Mountain Running Championships will be held in Lanzarote, at the Haria Extreme Race. Haría will host the Senior Classic, Junior U20 and Long Distance events in October 2020. Image copyright Mayayo The World Mountain Running Association has been staging the global event since 1985 and next year’s event will mark the 35th…
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You may remember earlier this year I travelled north to take part in Trash Free Trails’ Spring Trail Clean Tour. On this weekend of activism and education, I met Ben Gaby, CEO of RideGuard. I’d never really given much thought to where mud guards came from; their cheap, serve a purpose and have become a…
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Movember, that time of the year that the moustache becomes a universal sign for men’s health, where many set out to raise awareness for mental health, suicide prevention, prostate and testicular cancer. I’ve never taken part previously, truth be told, it didn’t resonate with me. However, this year, I’m downing the razor for men’s health.…
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The only person on the planet to have summited Everest, cycled the world AND rowed the Atlantic. Now I love a story of endurance and in a world where races are getting longer and times do complete are dropping, hearing people who step outside of the standard box and go on their own adventure gets…
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The Barkley Marathons is the world’s toughest ultra-distance race. Only 15 runners have completed the full 100+ miles since it was first staged in 1986. And don’t be fooled into thinking that the best ultra and mountain runners avoid this race, on the contrary, those who poses the skills famously line up, after cracking the…
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It’s a little under 2 weeks since I returned from the Lake District, after shooting Mountain Run’s Ultra Mountain/Trail Running Skills Weekend and it took a while to readjust to day to day life. Over the course of 3 days, I was shown areas of Patterdale and Grisedale I had never seen or stepped on…
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There’s no hiding it or denying it, I’m a fan of the Skyline Scotland weekend. The past two years have seen me run the Ring of Steall Skyrace, I’ve stood beside the Ice Factor watching the start of the Mamores VK and Glencoe Skyline, witnessed the finish of the Ben Nevis Ultra. I’d be lying…
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Whether you’re currently in Chamonix, the home of UTMB or want to keep up remotely, UTMB is one of the few ultra trail races to offer live coverage. If you’d like to watch the TDS (race underway), CCC or UTMB, Endurance Sport TV are the exclusive broadcast partner and there ware several ways to watch…
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James Mackeddie 