By Elsa Trujillo For International Stress Awareness Week (5th – 9th November), we’ve collated a series of articles dealing with different aspects of mental health and ultra running. Some articles are from ultra runners in our RunUltra team, such as Sarah Cooke and Alice Morrison, and our favourite coach Andy Mouncey; and we’ve found a […]
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Last updated: 15-Nov-18 By Kathryn Bullock Here is a helpful video from Elisabet Barnes – Women’s winner of the 2015 Marathon des Sables and owner of MyRacekit. Elisabet shows us the secret to taking the right kit and packing it best for a multi-day Ultra. The video goes through all the essentials and is of
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By Elsa Trujillo Training, training, training. The life of an ultra runner is all about the training. But sometimes, you can’t find the time or the energy. To help you along, this week we’ve found two articles to get you going when the training gets tough. Also, we have two great pieces of advice when
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Last updated: 26-Oct-18 By Seth Grotzke Race reports are traps. Once you read one you begin to hear a little voice in the back of your mind that says, “You could run that race.” With every additional race report the voice gets louder and soon you have convinced yourself that it is the most sane
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By Elsa Trujillo This week we have gender-specific articles with a couple of articles on female physiology and one on male eating disorders. There’s also a short piece on support runners and some great articles on ways to improve your running performance that don’t necessarily involve physical activity, it’s all in the mind. Finally, we
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By Elsa Trujillo If you’re bored and distracted when it comes to your autumn training goals, we have a great choice for you this week. We’ve selected articles that deal with lack of motivation and inspiration when running, an assessment of back to back training runs and the benefits of supplementary cross training exercises. However,
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Last updated: 28-Sep-18 By Elsa Trujillo For ultra runners, a change of season and weather brings a change of pace and some long term training goals for 2019 events. This week, we’ve put together a great collection of training-related articles for all your running endeavours and aspirations. We explore the benefits of running, share a
Last updated: 10-Sep-18 By Sarah Cooke I have never thought of myself as a winner. I don’t regard myself to be competitive against others, only against my own standards. I thrive on a challenge, but my running has always been about doing myself justice and achieving things that I didn’t believe my body could do.
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By Elsa Trujillo For many of us the summer is nearly over but, of course, the running never stops. This week our articles deal with bad things that can happen during a race, such as nausea and altitude sickness and some that happen after the race, like post-race blues. On the physical aspect of things
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Last updated: 24-Aug-18 By Elsa Trujillo Summer in the northern hemisphere is all about the heat and that great mountain festival of running – UTMB. If you’re heading that way, you probably know all about what we’ve selected this week but it’s never too late to learn something new. If you’re not, but you would
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