Endurance | Adventure | Chill
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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With recent high profile positive tests coming from UTMB and the Trail World Championships, there has been a lot of talk in the trail and ultra running communities for the need for greater drug testing within the elite field. For those who have competed and achieved success at the World 100km Championships (as an example),…
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Start – Fagwyr Fawr Farm Finish – Rhandirmwyn Distance covered – 71km Height climbed – 2,400m Key features – Elan Valley and Drygarn Fawr Number of runners still in the full race after day four – 130 The 2017 Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race is hotting up, literally and figuratively. After four days and 252km of…
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Start – Vanner Farm Campsite Finish – Fagwyr Fawr Farm Distance covered – 71km Height climbed – 3,500m Key features – Cadair Idris and Pumlumon Fawr Number of runners still in the full race after day three – 138 On day three of the Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race, the cumulative effect of hard days of…
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I’ve seen posts across social media for the past two years and seen every Tuesday #TrackdayTuesday appear across my feed, with runners either pushing their speed endurance limits or taking part in social runs on 400 meter tracks. I’ve never taken part, well until yesterday. With an interval session on my plan and a recently…
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Start – Hafod y Llan Campsite Finish – Vanner Farm Campsite Distance covered – 58km Height climbed – 3,600m Key features – Moelwynion and Rhinogydd Number of runners still in the full race after day two – 170 During event week, it’s fair to say that the Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race exists in a bubble. The…
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So I have a coach, you already know that. 2 weeks in & ive never been as motivated to run. Today summed things up, Facebook sent me a memory reminder thing… I hate them in general, as much as I may write at times, I generally write about others and talking about achievements isn’t always…
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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 world’s toughest five-day mountain race got underway this morning in North Wales. At 7:00am, 223 competitors from 24 countries set out on the 2017 Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race from Conwy Castle. Over the next five days, some of the planet’s leading ultra-runners will attempt to complete a course of 315 kilometres, including 15,500 metres…
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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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