La Sportiva Jackal 2 Review

Anna Bucks tests the latest version of the Jackal from La Sportiva

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Barkley James Hardest

How would 14:50 100-mile runner James Elson fare at the Barkley Marathons...

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They Say the Gate is Yellow

The Barkley Marathons may or may not be the ‘toughest’ ultra race, but it sure as heck is hard if you’re legally blind. 8%-sighted Rhonda-Marie Avery and her guide runner Christian Griffith tell the story of tackling “The Race That Eats Its Young.”

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Scarpa Ribelle Run Kalibra G Review

I think they are a game changing addition to the trail runner’s winter arsenal.

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Scott Ultra Carbon RC Shoe Review

You do get a sense that the shoe is actually helping you move forward, and it stands to reason that the faster you move the more it seems to help.

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ROCLITE G 315 GTX V2 Review

I have always enjoyed the comfort and grip of inov-8 Roclites, though I have found for me that the shoes have not been particularly durable, with tears in the uppers often making shoes unusable in just a couple of months.

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DexshEll Review

I first encountered Dexshell socks on the 2022 winter Spine Race. Which seems like a lifetime ago, even though it was only this year!

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Kate Allen
40 Years of Mountain Marathons

“Despite all the changes in gear and technology, the challenge remains essentially the same - to cover two days worth of rough mountain terrain quickly and efficiently continues to demand the highest levels of skill in mountain navigation”

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Nutrition for the Menopause

Following on from our articles on running with the menopause in Issue 14 and Issue 15, Rachel White discusses what nutritional options there are if you are training through the menopause.

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How I won SVP100 in the middle of a heatwave

This day taught me so much, about the realisation of my own potential, about the kindness of other people, and about how to never, ever give up.

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Fat Adaption Diets for Ultra-running.

If there’s one subject that can divide a room of ultra runners, it’s the sometimes controversial and the ever polarising subject of diet.

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Keep calm and carry on

As some of you know, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer late last year. Surgery followed and then the news that the cancer had spread and was incurable. The days and weeks after the initial prognosis went by in a bit of a blur, I continued to do some short runs and whilst out on the trails tried to get my head around what was actually happening.

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