Last updated: 08-Apr-19 By James Eacott According to HOKA ONE ONE, the Torrent is a ‘super lightweight, nimble, and technical trail racer which allows you to tackle a variety of terrain at any speed’. Let’s see, shall we! Features Open engineered mesh construction PROFLY midsole Multidirectional lugs Protective outlays Weight: 254g (size EU 42) Forefoot […]
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Last updated: 05-Sep-18 By Fiona Outdoors The On jacket is described as an “ultralight running jacket protecting you in all weather”. The brand also claims: “It feels like you’re wearing nothing: Lightweight Japanese fabrics offer 360° ventilation in an ultralight package.” I have tested the jacket on cool, wet evenings at the end of a
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Last updated: 25-Apr-19 By Alice Morrison It was a bit of a baptism by fire. I was heading off for a two day running/hiking/scrambling adventure around Imlil in the Atlas Mountains with Sarah Munday, an Everest Trail Race alumni, who had brought the Topo Athletic Terraventure trail shoe over with her for me to test.
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Dan Stinton You do realise we’re running sub-7.5 minute miles don’t you? says Helen, my new ultra-running buddy, as we pass through Coniston. A fantastic crowd is cheering us along, many standing outside the local pubs clearly making the most of the evening, some probably puzzled as occasional exhausted looking runners
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Dan Stinton “I hope you f***ing die tomorrow” came the angry reply. I stare up at the temporary canvas roof and try to work out how much sleep I need to prepare for tomorrow’s challenge. I realise there’s not enough hours left. The argument in the field outside escalates with other campers
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Cees van der Land This is it, four months of specific training all for this moment, to toe the start line of my first ultra race, the 60 van Texel. A new adventure, away from the marathon and into the unknown. Got to love the anticipation while waiting in the
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Andrew Coull I chose the Glasgow to Edinburgh race (G2E) as my first ultra for a number of reasons. Firstly, as an Edinburgh resident, it’s local; secondly, as it’s flat, it is a relatively quantifiable challenge for a first-timer; and finally, at under £50 to enter it’s good value and doesn’t
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Anne-Marie Lord Congratulations to Anne-Marie Lord who shares the ups and downs of her first 100 miler on the White Rose Ultra (WRU) on 5th and 6th November 2016. Anne-Marie enjoyed a bird’s eye view of the fireworks on Guy Fawkes night, whilst slogging over the Yorkshire moors and bogs on
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Ian Corless A down jacket protected me from the cold wind and the low temperatures, amongst the dunes of the Simpson Desert, the sky was not dark, it was black. A lack of light pollution, a lack of people, I was remote and alone in the outback of Australia. Above me
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Alice Morrison When Lahcen Ahansal, ten times winner of the Marathon des Sables, turns up as the sweep for an ultra marathon in the mountains, you can be sure it is going to be something pretty special. The Trans Atlas Marathon is a six day, 280 km ultra trail marathon right
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