Tips and Motivation

Having been on holiday in Spain for 2 weeks, where I soaked up the sun as I partook in several hiking trails in Alicante's Costa Blanca, to then return home to take a blood test, the last result I expected to have was a low vitamin D rate. As a frequent hiker and climber, maintaining a good vitamin D rate is very important as scientific research...

Everyone loves an easy run right? If you don’t then you’re probably not doing it right.  One of the most common mistakes we see in runners training for marathon and above is the “easy run smashed”. Too many people attack their easy running like it’s race day and you’re hitting the home straight, which really defeats the object of the run itself....

The Bob Graham Round is a fell running challenge in the English Lake District. It is named after Bob Graham, a Keswick guest-house owner, who in June 1932 broke the Lakeland Fell record by traversing 42  fells within a 24-hour period. Traversing the 42 fells, starting and finishing at Keswick Moot Hall, involves 66 miles (106 km) with 26,900 fee...

Regardless of what distance you run or what terrain you do it on, all us distance runners tend to have one thing in common - the long run.  Reason 1: Practice Using your Kit  It might seem that every blog we write, starts or finishes with a variation on this point. But we really can't overstate just how important properly testing out your kit i...