Last updated: 18-Mar-21 By Jude Palmer Women are not men. This is not news. And yet sometimes, I feel like shouting it from the nearest hilltop. Because regardless of all the gear and products, if not specifically designed for women, marketed to them, that comes out of the running industry year on year we are …
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By Susie Chan This year saw Polar launch their highly anticipated Grit X multisport watch. Boasting a whole host of functions you would expect for a multisport watch, there are some additions that watch tech competitors don’t have that make this device interesting. Polar have been around since 1977, born out of a necessity for …
Last updated: 05-Aug-20 By Kate Allen Tom was kind enough to take time out of his busy training schedule to talk to Kate about all things running, including the London Marathon and the possibility of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Given his relatively recent success as an ultra runner, he is surprisingly experienced across a …
Last updated: 18-Jul-20 By Sarah Cooke Disclaimer: I cannot tutor your kids, speed up government grants, make your partner do the washing up or even find a shop stocking that elusive toilet roll. What I will try to do is suggest ways in which you can channel the stuff that normally gets vented on the …
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Last updated: 10-May-19 By Tom Haynes RunUltra Introduction: We’ve been following Tom’s progress for a few months now and his training has been going really well. He’s been doing some big weekly miles and just needs to stay focused now for the final couple of months before race day, getting the build-up just right, planning …
By Sarah Cooke Here at RunUltra, we love running and we love races. Ultra-runners are a diverse breed – our distances range from a bit more than a marathon to hundreds or even thousands of miles. Some of us pick one or two races a year and dedicate our training to them. Others seem to …
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Last updated: 22-Mar-19 By Karina Teahan Many of us are well into our 2019 training plans with various races and long training runs on the horizon. With this in mind, rather than focus on a specific injury, this month’s article takes a broad view of what we can do leading up to race day and …
Last updated: 03-Apr-19 By Tom Haynes RunUltra Introduction: In this series of articles we follow Tom Haynes as he trains for his first ever 100-mile run at Endure 24 in June. After lots of initial research to decide on a training plan, it’s time to get an update on how he’s doing, including mental preparation …
Last updated: 07-Mar-19 By James Eacott Shrove Tuesday – aka Pancake Day – is today and I hope you enjoy a tasty stack of blueberry burstin’, sugar-sprinkled, maple syrup dripping tasty ones! If you did indulge, you may be going into Lent tomorrow, craving the good stuff once more. Don’t sweat, though, Easter isn’t far …
By Renee McGregor “Competitiveness is a biological trait that co-evolved with the basic need for human survival.” (Sander Van Der Linden, 2015). Whilst this can be used in any context, it does explain why we, as runners, are always in search of that next challenge, next achievement and recording our training sessions to use as …
