Last updated: 17-Aug-18 By Dan Stinton A fair few of you in the UK will have been affected by “The Beast from the East”. That’s not the strongest curry available at your local restaurant, but the recent extreme cold and snowy conditions around most of the country. I’d been given the offer of reviewing some […]
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Last updated: 17-Aug-18 By Fiona Outdoors CEP sell running socks, knee sleeves, shorts, tights and tops. I confess I was not familiar with this European brand until I tried the new Run Shorts 3.0. (There are also long tights and three-quarter tights in this range.) CEP say their tights and shorts are “designed to promote
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Last updated: 24-Oct-18 By Alice Morrison I bought my last Garmin over six years ago and it is the most basic model. It has actually served me really well, apart from the annoying way you have to get the teeth on the recharger exactly aligned for it to recharge, and so I was keen and
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Last updated: 17-Aug-18 By Fiona Outdoors Italian sportswear brand CMP has launched the Trail Windproof Jacket in both male and female designs. I asked for a small size jacket to be sent for me to test but an XS arrived and while I could zip it up it felt too tight around my forearms and
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Last updated: 25-Mar-19 By Dan Stinton I’m sandwiched between two Hoka’thletes. This is my new coined phrase for those runners who just love HOKAS. It’s that time during an ultra when you begin questioning your own sanity – you know the time, somewhere beyond a marathon but with still an awful long way to go.
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Last updated: 17-Aug-18 By Fiona Outdoors Many more women runners are choosing to wear a shorts-and-skirt combination called a skort. I have been testing the SkinFit Vento Trail Skirt for a wide range of running and over several months. Features Windproof Water-repellent Teflon treatment Very breathable Quick drying Longer fitted shorts Hidden side pocket in
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Last updated: 24-Oct-18 By Fiona Outdoors The Julbo Breeze sunglasses are designed for women, or for people with a smaller face profile. They are created for use by trail runners, mountain bikers and climbers. The sunglasses are non-prescription (unless you purchase a clip-in insert with your personal prescription) and while I could have tested them
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Last updated: 17-Aug-18 By Alice Morrison and Fiona Outdoors Base layers are great under another layer for winter and on their own for a brisk spring morning. I tried out three of the best and then Fiona Outdoors tried out a fourth. All performed well on the trails. Photo credit: Salomon.com. Salomon Primo Warm long
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Last updated: 24-Oct-18 By Fiona Outdoors Night running – or running before the sun comes up – is almost an essential part of any ultra runner’s training programme in the winter months. This is why every runner needs a good head torch. In my experience, the torches with the best beams have had big price
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Last updated: 17-Aug-18 By Luke Jarmey British brand Montane, are well respected for their garments designed around the ‘fast and light’ philosophy. Offering up quite the array of waterproof jackets, we actually opted to test one of their mid-range options. The classic, but still superlight and waterproof, Minimus Smock. We were interested to see if
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