Lightweight, durable, and perfect grip on rock – could this be the technical boot we’ve all been waiting for?

Keen have entered the "speed hiking" market with the release of their lightweight boot that's described as a combination of the Targhee boot and a trail runner.

 When we think of boots we're normally thinking something ankle high, but what if the mud and water goes way beyoond ankle high? That's where the Muck Boots Mudder Tall boots come in.

On are a swiss based company whose goal is to revolutionise the sensation of running, based on soft landing followed by explosive take-offs. Or as the brand call it, running on clouds.

So I did a thing. I signed up to do the Virgin Money London Marathon. Now I'm not a runner, I'm a cyclist. Annoyingly runners can transition to cycling with ease, whereas us superior athletes tend to struggle because our  far higher fitness levels exceed our muscle memory and ability to deal with impact. So not wanted to injure myself I obtained a pair of On Running Cloudswifts to test.

A couple of months back Adidas Terrex released a hiking range designed by women, for women and what better way to test it than for exactly that: a woman who enjoys the outdoors whether it is with friends, alone or on courses such as an introduction to foraging.