A weighted vest looks like a simple idea. You add load, your body works harder, and you come back stronger. It's popular with runners, but there's a lot of hype around it, and the benefits [...]
Trail running and hiking use the same paths. The difference is what you do on them. Hiking is walking at a pace you can chat at, with time to stop and look around. Trail running [...]
August 2026 Buying a gift for a trail runner is either very easy or very hard, depending on how well you know them. Trail runners are specific about their kit in the way that most [...]
Updated September 2026 My first proper trail run was on the Mendips on a warm May day, just after completing a marathon. I needed a 'different' run after miles of pounding the pavements, and a [...]
Updated August 2026 There is a pattern I see repeatedly as a running coach. A runner comes to me having done everything road running had to offer. They have run their marathons. They have chased [...]
Updated July 2026 Back-to-back heatwaves have left UK trails baked hard, dusty and dry. Runners have adapted: lighter shoes, road shoes on the hardest ground, anything with a bit of grip for the occasional rocky [...]
July 2026 I have spent the last two weeks hiding from the heat. Not metaphorically, literally hiding in the woods for my runs, choosing routes by canopy cover rather than terrain, and on the days [...]
Updated July 2026 I used to stop my watch when I walked uphill so people on Strava would not see how slowly I was moving. I thought walking was cheating. I thought proper runners ran [...]
