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The Ultimate Weekend Warriors

Most people find doing one sprint triathlon hard enough. But imagine doing one triathlon after another for an entire weekend? Curious to find out, we sent Christian Moxon off to the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Researched Blenheim Palace Triathlon in Oxfordshire to discover if he is the ultimate weekend warrior.

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Create your own triathlon? Sounds like a great idea!

British Triathlon launch #YourGOTRI campaign to get people creating their own triathlons.

Adventure & Travel

A wet and windy ‘Amuse-Bouche’ of the West Highland Way

Tobias and Dave explore the West Highland Way, Scotland's premier National Trail and one that passes through much of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

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Review: GO Outdoors Mountain Mayhem

Hard as Trails contributor, Jeremy Stain, reviews the The Mountain Mayhem, arguably one of the best 24hr mountain bike races in the UK.

Adventure & Travel

A canoeing adventure on the Broads

A canoe adventure down the River Ant on Day 1 of our Great British MINI Adventure.

Adventure & Travel

A GeoTour of the South Downs

For their final National Park, the South Downs, Dave and Tobias had a go at geocaching - a cross between treasure hunting and orienteering. It turned out to be a lot of fun.

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Interview: Dave Cornthwaite & Emily Penn

Update: Dave and Emily are ironically no longer a couple, so should you be reading this, some of the info...

News from the Races

What I think about before an ultra marathon

I’m the first to admit that running an ultra marathon is on the whole a mental game. However, one also...

Adventure & Travel

A Strava Art ‘Riding the Pony’ Challenge in the New Forest

For their penultimate National Park, Dave and Tobias tried their hand at Strava Art by designing their own 'New Forest Pony' trail route.

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Everest in the Alps – the full movie from 2015

When your son, aged 5, is diagnosed with a brain tumour, your world changes. At first you feel helpless. And...

Adventure & Travel

Iron-Age hillfort bagging in the Northumberland National Park

On the fourth day of their National Parks MINI Adventure, Dave and Tobias explore the Cheviot Hills in the Northumberland National Park. This extraordinary landscape is home to hundreds of Iron-Age hillforts - a few of which Tobias discovered on foot whilst running in-between them.

Tobias Mews ski touring in Everest in the Alps

Adventure & Travel

10 Things that Helped Me Ski the Height of Everest

Climbing the height of Mount Everest on skis is one of the most rewarding experiences. Here, I tell you the 10 things that really stood out from the challenge.

Adventure & Travel

Mountain biking the Gap in the Brecon Beacons

600m of ascent, the Gap, epic views and death defying descents all led themselves to an awesome day of mountain biking in the Brecon Beacons - Tobias and Dave's 11th National Park in as many days.

Adventure & Travel

Fat biking around the Peak District’s Hope Valley

It's all about trying something new out, so we hired a couple of fat bikes and had an awesome day out.

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The sh*t that goes on in your mind at the start of an Ultra Marathon

[stag_intro]Many people say that getting to the start line of an ultra marathon is almost as hard as running it – especially a race where there is a 40% failure rate. Although no stranger to endurance events, Jack Gammon, a music teacher and budding ultra runner from Warwick, recounts his...