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
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
Do running shoes cause injuries? Are they to blame, and could we use running shoe design to help us stay injury-free?
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
