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
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…
With the rest of the UK enjoying the soaring heat on the beach, in a lake or with a beer, Lisa and Bo had decided that last weekend (7-8th of July) was our first outing on the official Dragon’s Back race route. The 2017 route map arrived just in time for us to plan our […]
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
Author: Libby and Lisa Last summer we completed a continuous round of the Munros. We were on the go for 10+ hours nearly everyday for 77 days. Consequently we ate a lot of food, and most of this was eaten on the go. Cereal bars made up a large part of our on-the-go diet. We did … Continue reading The Cereal Bar League
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
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: 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
Beauties and the bog 