Author: Bodil With a bit of spare time on my hands during the coronavirus lockdown, I found a way to turn an old running jacket into your own running bumbag. I had never owned one of these before, but they are perfect for carrying the essentials needed on a trail run in spring or summer. … Continue reading Waste-not waist pack – how to make your own bumbag
Authors: Lisa and Megan Following a busy year of structured training and hard racing (Lisa in her preparation for Dragon’s Back and Megan for the Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan), both of us were ready for a bit of a reset; taking some time to unwind, have a laugh and refocus. We have a … Continue reading Intercontinental Adventuring
On the last day of 2019 Lisa and Bodil completed the Via Egnatia trail, a historical route from Durrës in Albania, across the Macedonian mountains, into the wide Greek plains of Thessaloniki. They became the first people to run the 500km trail, which reopened in 2014, completing it in 12 days. Designed and built by … Continue reading Running in Roman footsteps
Author: Bodil It has nearly been three months since Lisa and I finished the infamous Dragon's Back race. We trained for a whole year for this challenge and I am sitting here, still not fully realising this thing actually happened. But it is definitely time to tell you about it! The run-up Although we had … Continue reading The Dragon journey
Author: Libby Fresh (and fortunately for my nose I mean that literally as well as figuratively, I let them shower first) from running 315km down the length of Wales and climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest... twice... from sea level we caught up with Bog Beauties Bo and Lisa to hear their reflections on the … Continue reading Post race interview – Slaying the Dragon
It's 6 days until the start of the Berghaus Dragon's Back - a 315km (195 mile) 5 day stage race down the spine of Wales with an intimidating 15,500m ascent. If you've been following the website you'll know that Bog Beauties Bo and Lisa both have entries and have been training hard. We put some … Continue reading There be Dragons…
Author: Lisa and honoraryBog Beauty Megan At the end of September Lisa and Megan travelled to Corsica to fastpack the stunning and challenging GR20 in Corsica. This had been on Lisa’s to do list since she first visited the island in 2010 so she was really excited to finally go back! We completed the trail … Continue reading Fastpacking the GR20 on a shoestring
Still looking for Christmas gifts for the fell runner in your life? Running around high street shops and browsing amazon in every spare minute but still coming up empty handed? We've compiled a little list of things we think any fell runner would want for Christmas. And we promise they won't end up on the … Continue reading What to buy a fell runner for Christmas…
Ah, the Lake District! The place where the only way to celebrate a significant birthday is by running up as many hills as you are year's old. And who am I to ruin a long-standing tradition?! Back in July a friend's sister-in-law, Sarah, asked if I wanted to join her in attempting 30 Wainwrights … Continue reading 30@30 – 30 Wainwrights at 30 years old
Author: Libby At 2,864m Triglav is Slovenia's highest mountain, the crown jewel in the Julian Alps. It is also the centrepiece of the Triglav National Park, a 838 square kilometre area jam packed full of Karst mountains, emerald green lakes, beech forests, waterfalls and hidden old settlements. It is breathtakingly beautiful. We had been considering … Continue reading 48 Hours in the Triglav National Park (Slovenia)
