Lost your running mojo? Temp it back again with these top tips.

30 Dec 2019 | Trail Stories, Training

We all know that feeling when we are in love with running. We can’t wait to get through our daily routines to put on our trainers and hop, skip and jump out of the door onto the trails. Every run is a joy, we are focused and we are alive. Then suddenly, just as if we...

The best Christmas present ever? Give yourself a run.

30 Dec 2019 | mindset

Christmas conjures up all sorts of delicious smells for me; roast potatoes crisping in the oven, that strangely appealing odour of crackers just pulled, the sweet smell of warm mince pies and even the slightly dubious ones (Granny!).  But my favourite by miles, is the...

Running for your life. How endurance running can keep people out of prison.

30 Dec 2019 | Trail Stories

Andy Mouncey is a man on a mission. Into his fifth decade of running and with many an ultra behind him, he has spent the last 7 years setting up Run For Your Life, a community interest project which aims to keep people out of prison by using the same skills you and I...

A 54 mile run gave Simon James the trail bug and the idea for a new business.

24 Dec 2019 | Trail Stories

Simon James is an International Mountain Leader and Founder of the trail running holiday company, Run The Wild and above all a lover of exploring trails. Dividing his time between Chamonix, France and the UK we catch up with him at the start of the Christmas holidays...

We run the night and here’s how.

22 Dec 2019 | night running

There is something wonderful about running at night. Well trodden trails can feel completely new and fresh when seen by moonlight; the picking out of features with a single beam of light, is almost restorative when normal life is so full of visual drama and the...