Endurance | Adventure | Chill
Words James Mackeddie/Damian Hall – Images © Inov-8 / Matt Brown Last year I chased Damian Hall around the alps, following his race at UTMB to a then best 19th place. Not one to settle, he made the journey back to Chamonix to take the race on for a 3rd time, in a year where the…
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Matt Heason, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Founder and Director, has put out an open invite to submit your outdoor films for next years film festival. The main outdoor get together of the spring, ShAFF coincides with the Outdoor City weekender, comprising of; Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF), Climbing Works International Festival (CWIF), The Magnificent Seven & Howard Street Dual.…
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Scott have been on my radar for a while, but hadn’t come to the forefront, until now. In the past 18 months, a distinctive line of product has stood at top of many podiums in the Ultra Trail World Tour and Sky Running World Series. The RC or Race Concept. One product has stood far…
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I’ve been keeping an eye on Patagonia’s Worn Wear campaign for a while. In an age of throw away consumerism, a company policy to fix what you own may appear counterintuitive, however sales aren’t being lost hand over fist. Worn Wear is simple. If it’s broke, fix it. Heck Patagonia will fix it in America…
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Recovery or easy sessions. 6 miles. Steady pace. Tired legs. Man, they are boring. Your watch time and speed seemingly change in slow motion, you head to the same trails and look ahead knowing you could be pushing hard, having fun on descents and feeling that burn in your legs that makes you know you…
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Start – Conwy Castle Finish – Hafod y Llan Campsite Distance covered – 52km Height climbed – 3,800m Key features – Carneddau, Glyderau and Snowdon massif Number of starters – 223 Number who completed the day – 198 Number of runners who didn’t complete the full day – 25 As expected, day one of the…
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The legendary mountain race through Wales will begin early next Monday 22nd May. What? The start of the 2017 Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race Who? 232 competitors from 24 nations including: * Brit Jim Mann, winner in 2015 and back to defend his title * Carol Morgan from Ireland, one of the favourites for 2017 *…
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The inaugural Devil’s Challenge took place on the 29th April to 1st May, across 97 miles of the South Downs Way. Broken into 3 stages, the competitor with the lowest accumulated over the 3 days would win. The South Downs Way runs from Winchester in Hampshire, through to Eastbourne in East Sussex, covering 100 miles…
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I am really good at waking up early. My girlfriend hates it. The slightest suggestion of the pitch black of night being broken by the first shards of sunlight and my body clock back hand slaps me round the chops “WAKE UP!” And yet, most mornings, with ample, let me rephrase that, a gratuitous amount…
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The International SkyRunning Federation have announced that Christel Delwalle has been found to have tested positive at the 2016 SkyRunning World Championships. After taking victory in the Vertical Kilometer (VK) race, she was found to have tested positive for Heptaminol on 22nd July. The full statement can be viewed below, but it does raise some…
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