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Comrades Marathon 2023: What it’s like to run your first Comrades
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Comrades Marathon 2023: What it’s like to run your first Comrades
After months of training and hard work, the Comrades Marathon race day finally arrived. I joined more than 15,000 runners outside the city hall…
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Run the Blue: Running the Danube Sea to Source
In July, 2022 I will set off for my biggest challenge ever. Attempting to become the first person ever* to run the length of…
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The Big End of Year Run Will Return for 2024
Not long now until the Big End of Year Run 2024. As ever, once Christmas is done, the presents are unwrapped and the turkey-eating…
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Adidas Adizero Adios Pro review: Adidas’ Alphafly alternative after 30 miles
It’s been a while since Adidas produced a performance shoe that in all honesty, could stand up, first to the Nike Vaporfly and then to the…
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FKT It: Record hunting on the Avon Valley Path
A five minute tale of three not-particularly-fast runners hitting the trails for an FKT attempt and coming back with a whole lot more than…
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inov-8 Terraultra G270 review: Ultra testing the latest graphene trail shoe
The Terraultra G270 are the follow up to the G260 with improvements that inov-8 describes as “small but detailed”. Like its predecessor, this is…
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Running a solo 45-mile night-to-day ultra in the New Forest
A little while back, I got the compulsion to create a mini adventure. I had an new running watch that needed a thorough test…
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Veja Condor review: Good for the planet? Good for PBs?
The Veja Condor is the first running shoe from the French eco fashion-shoe maker. As Veja’s first step into running, it’s designed for everyday…
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Best heart rate monitors for runners
From Garmin and Wahoo to Polar, Scosche and MyZone, hit play on the video below to find the best heart rate monitors for your running needs.
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Polar Grit X vs Vantage V: The multi-tester verdict
The Polar Grit X is the first watch in Polar’s line-up with serious trail, ultra and adventure aspirations. It comes with anti-bonking fuelling alerts,…
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Polar Grit X: Three runners give their first impressions
The Polar Grit X is the first GPS running watch we’ve seen from Polar aimed at trail and ultra runners. But is it a…
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Allbirds Dasher Review: The eco running shoe with a lighter carbon footprint
Can a shoe made from sustainable materials perform as well as those traditional plastic-based shoes we’ve come to love? Watch the Allbirds Dasher review…
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