Last week I had the opportunity to attend OutDoor: an international trade fair for businesses involved with the outdoors. Boasting 950 exhibitors from 40 different countries, there was plenty to see and do for a gear-geek like me! My special interest usually goes out to footwear, as you might have previously read about in my running … Continue reading Sneak preview into 2019: Running shoes at the OutDoor trade show
Through work I get sent to the most amazing places in the world, and I can count myself very lucky for that! That said, these trips usually have a couple of things in common: I am usually travelling alone, sometimes in less touristy areas, and with limited free time available. I've found that exploring the … Continue reading Runsploring: Solo travel as a long-distance runner
Authors: Bodil and Corin We often get asked what type of food we take on our overnight running adventures. Finding lightweight, tasty and nutritious meals which only need hot water to prepare can be a real challenge, especially if you are on a budget! Find here our favourite (mostly homemade) recipes for a mountain marathon or overnight … Continue reading Top homemade Mountain Marathon recipes
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Author: CORIN Week 8 has been eventful as the girls progress even closer to their goal! It's included fun scrambling on ridges, a delicious pub meal, their 200th Munro and a horrid midge apocalypse. Libby wrote: This week has been Fun! We started the week with a scramble up the Forcan ridge onto The Saddle. … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 8
Author: CORIN Rain, rain and more rain wreak havoc on week 7 of Lisa and Libby's Munro Adventure, but it doesn't stop them from continuing. Lisa wrote: It has been a wet week! We started the week with a long soggy walk out from Ben Alder bothy over 5 Munros (Sgor Gaibhre, Carn Dearg, Beinn … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 7
Author: Bodil Weeks are flying by now, and the girls are past the halfway point and also have no more Munro's to tick off in the South of Scotland! Libby wrote: The start of this week (7th August) was a day of celebrations. It was Lisa's birthday which she celebrated by eating an entire coffee … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 6
Author: Bodil The third week of their continuous, self propelled Munro round has been a successful one for Libby and Lisa. With better weather and their bodies adopting to the great amount of exercise, they seem like they are actually having fun! Lisa wrote: "It's the end of week 3 and our bodies are getting … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 3
Author: Corin Lisa and Libby started their Big Munro round Monday 3rd of July, 2017 and are now about to start the 3rd week on their adventure! So here's an update on how week 2 went... Libby wrote: "We had a rest day in Fort William on Tuesday to do some more route planning and … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 2
Author: Bodil Lisa and Libby have started their Big Munro round at 12am on Monday 3rd of July, 2017. Corin and I came up on the weekend to join them, running three Munro days with them! The week started off on the Isle of Mull, with one Munro and a kayak onto the mainland. Lisa … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 1
