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…
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)
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
Do running shoes cause injuries? Are they to blame, and could we use running shoe design to help us stay injury-free?
Author: Bodil With only 43 Munro's to go, the end is coming in sight. In week 9 Lisa and Libby faced one of their biggest challenges, the Cuillin Ridge. For many people a continuous traverse is a lifetime goal, with the ridge providing tricky navigation (magnetic rock makes your compass useless), scrambling and sections of rock … Continue reading The Big Munro Round: Week 9
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
Another big week - this week we have been ticking off the Munros in the Cairngorms, have had plenty of visitors which has helped keep our spirits high as we approach the halfway point. After resting most of the day we we had a relaxed walk into the base of Carn Bhac on Sunday evening … Continue reading The Big Munro round: Week 5
Lisa and Libby have had a great week, keeping up their 4 Munros-a-day average and making it to Munro 100! They wrote: We started the week from Glen Lochay in glorious sunshine. On Monday we bagged Sgiath Chuil, Meall Glas, Creag Mhor & Beinn Heasgarnich and had blue skies, fluffy marshmallow clouds and view from … Continue reading The Big Munro round: Week 4
AUTHOR: CORIN Exploring the Lake District – That is one of my goals for this year and this past weekend that’s just what I did. I’ve only been to the Lakes once before, for the Saunders Mountain Marathon in July 2016 and I fell in love with the place. Luna and I drove up Friday night … Continue reading Exploring the Lake District: Coniston Area
