If you’ve not heard about the Barkley Marathons, you now will. It’s the sort of race that’s totally incomprehensible to...
[stag_intro]As a recreational endurance athlete, I love a challenge as much as anyone. However, every now and then, I hear...
It’s incredible to think that sky running has been around for so long. Founded by the Italian mountaineer Marino Giacometti, ‘who, with a handful of fellow climbers, pioneered records and races on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa in the Italian Alps in the early ‘90’s,‘ skyrunning has developed into something so...
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 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.
[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...
Dave and Tobias tackle a unique bike and run challenge up Cairngorm Mountain on the fifth day of their National Parks MINI Adventure
Carla Molinaro joins Robin Hood and his Merry Men for an orienteering cum trail running challenge around Sherwood Forest.
I’m the first to admit that running an ultra marathon is on the whole a mental game. However, one also has to know when mind over matter can actually cause more harm than good. Your mind can get you to the finish, but it’s your body that takes the hammering....
Tobias loses track of time whilst running around the Pembrokeshire Coast National Trail on Day 10 of their Great British MINI Adventure around all 15 National Parks.
