Essential Trail Gear

Trail running can be an epic adventure. Traversing rugged paths, ascending mountains with changing climates, and exploring miles of nearly untouched earth can bring many pleasure and satisfaction. However, achieving such feats requires some essential gear to make sure you safely succeed. We outline the essential trail gear you should have with you to protect you when out in the wild without weighi...

Running at Altitude: What are the Effects and How to Train for it?

It is not uncommon to find elite runners and athletes living and training in high altitudes. Scientific evidence has proven that there are several benefits physiologically to training at altitude which improves overall athletic performance. While long-distance running has been growing in popularity and momentum over the past few decades, most amateur endurance runners do not have the luxury to liv...

Unique opportunity to experience the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Denmark on-site

"If you look at the course profile we have a cumulative elevation gain of 340 metres which is almost half of what is required for a European Championships in mountain running. For us it didn’t really make sense to have a very flat and fast course because that’s just repetition of what we see on the track. So if we wanted to let the sun shine on other kinds of runners and to help create new sta...

RUN LGT ALPINE MARATHON - CROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!

Annually, 850 brave runners join the LGT Alpine Marathon in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein. The race is a true challenge with an altitude difference of 1870 meters and track along a beautiful, yet demanding alpine area. When you pass the finishing line, you have ran across almost the entire country - how many marathon runners can brag about that? The first LGT Alpine-Marathon was takin...

Mental Training to Face Trails

Endurance runs are hard and more so when racing on trails. They require months of logging miles, doing balance, stabilization, and flexibility work to ward off injury, finding the correct hydration and fueling routine, learning to deal with challenging terrain and weather, and, maybe most importantly, fine-tuning your mental game. We know endurance racing is not only physical but also mental. Whil...

Trail Running

Trail runs are generally done outside of cities, in wilderness or remote areas where you run through various types of terrain, from forest fire roads to dirt single tracks in sand, gravel, mud or snow.Although road running may offer an interesting view of urban landscape and different forms of architecture designs, trail running can give you the pleasure of being surrounded by nature. Trail runnin...

Select shoes for ultra racing

When You Go You Only Get To Take One Thing, Make Sure For An Ultra It Is The Right Pair Of Shoes Ask anyone who wasn’t born with running in their soul what they think about an ultra marathon and you are likely to hear things like “crazy” or “insane.” Ultra marathoners were created, not made. They are those people who came out of the womb running and haven’t stopped since. If you have tackled the ...

Barefoot marathon running

Be One With Nature By Running As Nature Intended, Just Make Sure To Take It Slow And Smart When you think about the way that our ancient ancestors ran, it wasn’t with a good pair of running shoes on their feet. Likely, instead of wearing their homemade leather moccasins that only slowed them down, they kicked them off and got to running. Barefoot running is the new craze sweeping the running worl...

Hydration in Trails

Road running versus trail running differs in a variety of ways from the terrain and elevation to accessibility to basic functional needs like fueling and water. It is important before venturing off on your trail run to know the differences and to be well-prepared in case of issues or an emergency. To avoid dehydration and injuries, we discuss the importance of properly hydrating and the best solut...

Yeti Bike Race Nepal.Tour of Annapurna.

The YETI BIKE RACE Nepal is a stage MTB race which summit is the Thorong la Pass, the highest cycle path in the world at 5316m. A melting pot of landscapes that take you from the tropical forest at 800m to the arctic domain of the Himalayas, through vast pine forests, deep canyons, and the pre-Tibetan desert plains of the Mustang Valley.We fly to our destination Katmandu (Nepal). Mohan, president ...

Rocks, pebbles and mountain tops - my first marathon

Well, it was actually 45k but felt like 80. The why is not that it was too long but rather that itwas a tougher course than anyone could anticipate beforehand. The course map was wellmarked as well as the topographical map but when you are in the middle of it even thesmallest pebble would feel like the highest mountain.Prepare13 hours travelling from the south of Sweden up to Vemdalen was perhaps ...