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10 best tips for your FIRST or FASTEST trail race (useful for the Skyline Scotland this Sept!)
Here are my top 10 tips for your first or fastest trail race, useful for the Skyline Scotland trail races this September, and more! From training and nutrition to gear and mental strength, these are the essentials for your first foray into the exciting, muddy world of...
Top 10 best ways to recover 24hrs after ultra running (pros John Kelly, Camille Herron & more)
Top 10 best ways to recover 24hrs after ultra running. Enjoy the advice from these pro athletes and experts, including record-breaking trail and ultra runners Jon Albon, Camille Herron, John Kelly. Thanks to all the awesome interviewees that share their hard won...
How to start trail running, hill training in flat places, X-training & coming back after injury/baby
My film this week is a little bit different - it’s an interview with Franchesco from Vert.Run interviewing me about how to start trail running, training for trails if you don’t live near hills, the best cross-training, enjoying races and adventures, coming back to...
How to train for hills in flat places (expert coach Andy Pye from Trail Running West Midlands)
How to train for hills in flat places with coach Andy Pye from the Trail Running West Midlands, fantastic to chat to him about the Midlands Tops route and get some of his awesome training advice. Andy Pye is a UK Athletics Fell/Trail Coach in Running Fitness,...
Best way to clean & refresh your running clothing and shoes (quick, easy & makes them last longer!)
Here’s the best way to clean and revitalise your running clothing and trail shoes in association with Nikwax - environmentally friendly waterproofing and cleaning products. 1 When to clean? 2 Why can’t you use normal detergent? 3 Different cleaning options 4 How to...
“What do you wish you’d known earlier about ultra running?” (pros John Kelly, Camille Herron & more)
Ultra running - what the pros wish they had known earlier. Enjoy the advice from these pro athletes and experts, including record-breaking trail and ultra runners Jon Albon, Camille Herron, John Kelly. Thanks to all the awesome interviewees that share their hard won...
5 reasons to buy a super bright headtorch (how bright do you need? Best features to look for?)
Here are my 5 reasons why you’d want to invest in a super bright headtorch for trail and ultra running, how bright should you go, and what features to look for. It’s powered by Silva the high-quality headtorch company from Sweden, so I’m going to be using this sleek...
Top 10 tips to deal with SLEEP DEPRIVATION on ultras (John Kelly, Camille Herron, Jon Albon & more!)
10 best Top 10 tips for coping better with sleep deprivation on ultras. Enjoy the advice from these pro athletes and experts, including record-breaking trail and ultra runners Jon Albon, Camille Herron, John Kelly. Thanks to all the awesome interviewees that share...
Robbie Britton Q&A (Ran 650km across Jordan in 9.5 days, author of 1001 Running Tips!)
Psyched to chat to the awesome Robbie Britton who ran 650km across Jordan in 9.5 days in March 2019. He has just written a fantastic book called 1001 Running Tips: The Essential Runners' Guide which you can buy using the links below. UK https://amzn.to/3dsSQ3o USA...