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Stay motivated this autumn with the Strava Last of the Light challenge!
Time to get motivated as the nights draw in everyone! I’d love you to join me in a free Strava challenge that I’m doing this November called Last of the Light. Are you game? Join here. The challenge is to upload at least 12 hours of any activity to Strava during 25...
How to avoid & treat blisters – medic from Dragon’s Back & Cape Wrath Ultra Nikki Sommers
How to avoid & treat blisters - medic from Dragon's Back & Cape Wrath Ultra Nikki Sommers. Scroll down for links to all the blister care resources, tapes and creams Nikki recommended. Nikki has completed the Cape Wrath Ultra 2018, Winter Spine Race 2020 and...
Top 3 tips for 100 mile ultras from James Elson, running coach & director of Centurion Running
Thanks James for your excellent tips! James set up Centurion Running in 2010 providing some of the UK's best 50 and 100 mile trail ultras along the North and South Downs Way in particular. He then started coaching in 2012. He was also part of the GB 24 hour...
Ultra running blogger, filmmaker & Run to the Hills podcast host John Kynaston shares training tips
Howdie folks! Tonight's live guest (Wed 6:30pm UK time) is John Kynaston. He's a very experienced off-road runner (over 50 ultras in the past 13 years!) he makes films of his races & documents his training in this award-winning blog. John has also just started a...
Zero to Ultra – STAY INJURY FREE – new series with Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching (episode #2)
Episode #2 in this new series with coach Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching, Tim explains how to train consistently for ultra running by remaining injury-free, using the nemonic ULTRA. Next episode coming soon! 0:00 Who is Tim? 0:50 U - Understand the demands of the event...
Improve your running technique – best advice from movement coach Shane Benzie (Running Reborn)
Thrilled to announce that this Wed's 6:30pm guest is running technique and movement coach and researcher Shane Benzie with whom I made this very interesting film last year. https://youtu.be/WNDirZrY7rc Uphill umph? Downhill dexterity? Energy efficiency? Shane Benzie...
How to train for UTMB as a normal person with a busy job! (coach Lucja Leonard’s advice)
How to train for UTMB as a normal person with a busy job! (coach Lucja Leonard's advice) Lucja's blog and coaching websiteFollow her on instagram https://youtu.be/edfRPAMpWJQ Do you do strength work every week? Comment below to join the discussion, and check out my...
Run strong aged 50+ with ‘Fast After 50’ author & coach Joe Friel (tonnes of training advice!)
Run strong aged 50+ with 'Fast After 50' author & coach Joe Friel. LIVE CHAT! 6:30pm every Wed on Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel. Also available in podcast version shortly afterwards, original podbean link will be posted here, or search Wild Ginger Running...
Should trail & ultra runners do strength work? (essential info from Skyline Scotland athletes)
Last September I was at the finale of the Golden Trails World Series at the Skyline Scotland and asked some of the top international athletes like Stian Angermund-Vik and Meg Mackenzie what strength work they do, why they think it’s important for trail runners, and...
When are you too injured to train or race? How to recover quickest? (coach Ian Sharman’s advice)
Ever wondered how bad your niggle or injury needs to be to think about not starting (DNS) or dropping out mid-race (DNF)? And what's the best way to ensure a quick recovery to get you back on the trails as fast as possible without losing too much fitness? Ian Sharman...