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Fuelling A Long Run
Chia Charge sponsored athlete Eilish MCColgan is a 3 time Olympian and if your read to the end you can see her latest achievements (we pinched the text from Wikipedia)
Fuelling A Long Run by Eilish McColgan
Now I know many fans of Chia Charge are avid Ultra-runners so my long run will sound very meagre in comparison but it’s an area of my traini...
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A Failed BGR - When Defeat Tastes Sweet
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...
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Shaun Mc Farlane : The Spine
"This race is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life….This race will make grown men and women cry like babies then spit you out. You must have some kind of emotional attachment to this race ….or you will fall at the first hurdle."
Read MoreWe caught up with Shaun McFarlane to chat about his recent Spine race completion. Don't miss out on his training secrets, his highlights from the race as well as lots of his Spine kit recommendations and top tips.
Getting by with a Little Help from Friends: a tale of an FKT attempt weekend across the Lakes, Dales & Damp; Moors
Almost all of my running miles used to be enjoyed alone; stolen moments for myself when I would tear down the woods or plod across the fields. Music would be blaring and my heart rate would rise until it beat in unison with whatever uptempo racket I'd selected from Spotify. Without fail, I'd always feel better afterwards. I'd imagine that my wo...
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5 Reasons to Love the Long Run this Winter
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...
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7 ways to motivate yourself to run
As the weather begins to turn colder and life continues to come up with new distractions, we all find ourselves feeling like we just want to lie in front of the TV rather than pull on those trainers every once in a while. However, we also all know that feeling of regret if you do miss a workout, so here are 7 tips to help you to motivate yoursel...
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5 Reasons to Love the Long Run this Summer
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...
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Tips for How to run in the heat
Somehow it doesn't quite seem right, to be checking the weather for the week and seeing that multiple days are sunny and 30 plus degrees. Here in the UK we might love the sun but we aren't always the best at handling it especially when it comes to getting those miles in.
Soaring temps, a scorching sun and high humidity doesn't mean that you hav...
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Racing Returns - 155 Mile in 24 hours
Thanks to Edwina Sutton for this blog written to go along with Run to the Hills Podcast 35, there's a link here please have a listen and subscribe or download
Getting back to real life …
Credit: Steve Ashworth
After a weekend of record breaking runs at the Centurion 100, the return of the Hardmoor races ad numerous marathons and fell races pop...
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Highlights of 2020
2020 has been a very tough year for everyone with one of the key words ‘unprecedented.’ It will be a year we will all remember for the wrong reasons!
Thankfully though there have been highlights that we can hopefully look back on with joy. My wife and I welcomed our 7th grandchild with hearts full of love.
The vast majority of running races have...
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All about Kit
Running is a cheap sport. ‘All you need is a pair of running shoes and you are away’
While that may be true every runner knows it is not the full story! As you move up in distance from 5k to 10k, to half marathon, marathon and into ultras the kit list and the amount you spend goes up and up.
Here are just some of the kit that we runners will hav...
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Christmas Competition
Run to the Hills podcast sponsored by Chia Charge are offering a special Christmas competition. In keeping with the spirit of Christmas this one is all about giving rather than receiving!
So instead of trying to win a prize for yourself we are asking you to nominate a friend for the prize. Here is an outline of the prize
Weekly training plan
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