Ultra runner Kim Collison has set an impressive new 24-hour Munros record. The 41-year-old running coach reached 33 summits over 3000ft in the set time. Rules of the record circuit require that runners also...
The Montane Gecko VP 5+ running vest pack is for training or done-in-a-day adventures. Montane is proud of the claim that it is a pack “nade for runners by runners”. Montane states: “The GECKO...
Ross Jenkin is thought to be the first person to complete a continuous traverse of all four of the UK’s classic 24 hour mountain challenges: The Paddy Buckley, Denis Rankin, Charlie Ramsay and Bob...
Donnie Campbell has been named as an ambassador of the charity Venture Trust. Donnie, of Inverness, holds the record for a completing a round of the 282 Scottish Munros in 31 days and is one of...
An independent and honest review of the CimAlp Aiguines trail running skirt. CimAlp Aiguines trail skirt I would call this a running short, but CimAlp refers to it as a skirt with built in...
Ultra runner Sabrina’ Verjee made history this week when she completed the fastest continuous round of the 214 Wainwrights in the Lake District. She took just five days, 23 hours and 49 minutes and...
The hugely determined and talented ultra runner Sabrina Verjee has set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) for a continuous round of the 214 Wainwrights. Finishing outside her home in Langdale this morning, Sabrina...
Sabrina Verjee is in the latter stages of her third attempt at setting a fastest known time for completing a continuous round of the of the 214 Wainwrights. When bad weather and asthma forced...
The organisers of the famous West Highland Way race have launched a new 38-mile ultramarathon, The Conic Canter. The running race on September 11 will follow first section of the iconic West Highland Way,...
Danish runner Simon Grimstrup has set a new “Everesting” world record describing it as “mentally hardest thing ever”. The 44-year-old athlete took just 10 hours, 45 minutes and 14 seconds to cover the height...
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