Trail and Fell Running Adventures
Crossing the Wildstrubel: 70km across the Swiss Alps
Yesterday I ran 70 kilometres across the Swiss Alps. This morning I am standing thigh-deep in a lake above Crans-Montana. The water in Lac de la Moubra is 17°C - a little cold for me to swim in my bik...
Walkers and runners invited to a tour of The Five Churches Round
County Durham residents can take part in a free walking and running event next month, with the promise of home-baked fuel stops in churches along the way. Members of the public have been invited to ta...
Wadhurst outdoor clothing retailer backs popular Bewl Water running series
Outdoor clothing brand Páramo, based on Wadhurst High Street, has announced its sponsorship of the 2026 Bewl Water Run Series, organised by Hermes Running.
Rab athlete Noor van der Veen sets Pyrenean Haute Route supported record
Rabathlete Noor van der Veen has set a new overall Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the legendary Pyrenean Haute Route, completing the brutal 731km traverse with 45,000m of vertical gain in just 10 days, 1...
Crossing the Wildstrubel: 70km across the Swiss Alps
Yesterday I ran 70 kilometres across the Swiss Alps. This morning I am standing thigh-deep in a lake above Crans-Montana. The water in Lac de la Moubra is 17°C - a little cold for me to swim in my bik...
Montane Spine Race 2025: The UK’s Most Brutal Endurance Race Kicks Off This Sunday
Spanning 268 miles along the most iconic and demanding national trail in Britain, the Pennine Way, the Spine Race pushes participants to achieve the extraordinary. The Montane Winter Spine Race, the u...
Crossing the Finish Line is Just the Beginning: The Lasting Impact of Charity Running
The cheering crowd, the rush of achievement, and the medal around your neck – crossing the finish line of a charity run may feel like the perfect ending to a successful fundraising campaign. Yet it’s ...
Rab athlete Noor van der Veen sets Pyrenean Haute Route supported record
Rabathlete Noor van der Veen has set a new overall Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the legendary Pyrenean Haute Route, completing the brutal 731km traverse with 45,000m of vertical gain in just 10 days, 1...
Dragon's Back Race sees Women's Record beaten by 3 hours in "brutal weather"
David Parrish storms to 1st place, Holly Wootten smashes the women’s course record, and Ed Brewer secures a podium finish at just 23.
Montane Athlete Tom Hollins Becomes The First Person to Complete Self-Supported Wainwrights Challenge in Winter
In an extraordinary feat of endurance, Hollins completed the challenge in 8 days, 9 hours— also finishing in less time than the current self-supported Summer Wainwrights record. After eight days of re...
Montane Spine Race 2025: The UK’s Most Brutal Endurance Race Kicks Off This Sunday
Spanning 268 miles along the most iconic and demanding national trail in Britain, the Pennine Way, the Spine Race pushes participants to achieve the extraordinary. The Montane Winter Spine Race, the u...
The beautiful but tough 21km Skyrace du Rocher Blanc
It’s said to be the race made for Kilian Jornet, while others use it to train for the famous Grand Raid de la Réunion due to its similar profile. Ahead of its tenth anniversary next year, L’Échappée B...
UTMB Special - Its history, highlights and key locations from the inside
Never ask a mountain guide if the future of alpinism belongs to runners. It will go down like a lead balloon. I’m at the Musée du Guides in Courmayeur, at Italy’s oldest guide society (founded in1850)...
Oman by UTMB - from oil to adventure
When I arrived in the port city of Muscat, Oman's capital that’s wedged between arid Hajar mountains and the Gulf of Oman, I am greeted by Omanis cheering and whooping out the back of a car. They’re n...
The Marathon des Saveurs - a flavour of Switzerland
Forget sports gels and isotonic drinks…… a race fuelled by raclette, strudel and a litres worth of Swiss wine - its grapes grown right there in the terraced vineyards you’re running through - is just ...
Running up that hill - trail running Switzerland's Valais with the pro's Part 2
Part 2 of our feature on trail running in Switzerland's Valais region with tips from the pro's along the way. Waking to the sounds of cowbells, we are met after breakfast by our new guide for the day,...
Running up that hill - trail running Switzerland's Valais with the pro's Part 1
An order of “croûtes au fromage” (toast swimming in a bowl of melted cheese, mushrooms and lardons) and the specialty "Les Cornettes Bella-Tola’ (Horn shaped pasta swimming in a bowl of cream, lardons...