Endurance | Adventure | Chill
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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blex0VYsuAk 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…
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I’m back. What? Wait? You never left. True. I’ve been quiet. The last month has sucked. Not from a brand perspective, I’ve been fortunate to be sent some brand spanking new kit that I think many of you will be excited to read, see and learn about. When I say the last month has sucked,…
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We all get emails, some spark more of an interest than others, but a few, a rare few, make you sit up and grab your attention. Lt Hugo Mitchell-Heggs RN got in contact to let me know about a challenge that caught my imagination. I’ve been following long distance rowing challenges on an ad hoc…
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This year’s Spine Race has been different from recent years. The countless snow drifts are absent, instead this mild (let’s use that term cautiously) January has instead given more spring/autumnal weather. However, much like the OMM, the Spine Race has an ability to conjure up the worst weather that the British Isles can summon on command,…
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Amid the Maverick Race announcements of new brand partnerships including SAXX Underwear, Dryrobe and Suunto, another big announcement may have slipped your attention. Maverick has entered the realm of Ultras. Yes, you read that, the team are now offering the chance to run beyond 26.2 miles and have added to the challenge by adding this…
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Remember this date – 9th September 2018. This marks the beginning of the third Montane Tor des Géants. At 205 miles or 330kms, this mountain ultra effectively circumnavigates the Italian Alps. In it’s second year and accompanying it’s elder sibling is the Tot Dret (TD) Ultra, shorter in stature, at 80 miles / 130kms, but…
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Speed We all want it, but thought of Intervals makes us shudder. Speed = (run x times) x (distance) x (pace) I was never a scientist *do not take the above as fact, I just made it up* Beyond simply running fast, increasing the ability to hold or maintain the intensity for longer is vital…
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James Mackeddie 