Runner Sabrina Verjee has broken her own female record for the 268-mile Pennine Way. She ran from Kirk Yetholm to Edale in 74 hours, 28 minutes and 19 seconds, finishing on Tuesday September 15....
Edinburgh-based runner Nicola Duncan completed the Fife Coastal Path non-stop – and set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) – in a bid to help a friend to buy a new bike. Nicola, 38,...
Scottish runner Ian Garnett has completed the famous West Highland Way in just 27 hours to raise funds for Lomond Mountain Rescue Team. He ran the 96-mile trail non-stop this weekend after witnessing a...
Scottish runner Donnie Campbell has set an astonishing new Munros record to finish all 282 mountains over 3000ft (914.4m) in Scotland in 31 days, 23 hours and two minutes. He spoke to me soon after...
Not long after his new Tranter’s Round record, runner Finlay Wild has set a stunning new Ramsay Round record. The 35-year-old GP from Fort William completed the 58-mile (92km) classic mountain round in the...
It seems that a record-breaking run on the 268-mile Pennine Way is not enough for John Kelly. Just weeks later, the Bristol-based US athlete set off on what he has called the Grand Round....
Ultra runner Damian Hall recently set a new record for the fastest time to run the 268-mile Pennine Way in England. Yet it is only in relatively recent years that the 44-year-old from Wiltshire has...
It is day 22 of Donnie Campbell’s bid to set a new fastest Munro round record – and he has finally decided to allow himself a half day off. With a phenomenal 186 of...
Like many athletes in lockdown, Sasha Chepelin and his friend Ali Masson, both from Edinburgh, were looking for a challenge to replace the race calendar. The result was a record-breaking 24-hour run to 32...
I have been testing the new and updated inov-8 TERRAULTRA G 270 shoe. inov-8 have taken the award-winning TERRAULTRA G 260 and made what they are say are “several small, but crucially, detailed improvements...
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