Fastpacking is the combination of hiking and running. Instead of running for just a few hours, or maybe for just one day, or ...

Breheimen is wild, adventurous, a challenge, impressive, beautiful and magical. You need to respect it, and you need to be ...

The sand is settling, the 2025 and 39 th edition of Marathon des Sables The Legendary is over. Quite simply, a hugely successful edition with 95% completion rate and good time vibes felt throughout ...

For those of us who have spent years documenting trail and mountain running through a lens, as a journalist, or as team member, the sport’s evolution has been impossible to ignore. What was once a ...

The Hoka Speedgoat needs no introduction, it is arguably, the best selling trail shoe throughout the world. It’s much loved and universally proclaimed as a great trail running shoe. I personally was ...

The adidas Terrex Agravic Speed Ultra shoe was one of the most anticipated trail shoe releases of 2024. Let’s be honest, this shoe was a long time coming…. We had seen early versions of the shoe on ...

Stage 2 of the 40th edition of the MDS Legendary delivered speed, strategy… and something far deeper, a raw fight for survival. A crisp 06:00 start gave runners a rare gift: cool desert air, fragile ...

The roots of the Marathon des Sables reach back to the daring vision of French promoter Patrick Bauer. In 1984, he traversed part of the Sahara on his own, over 350 km in 12 days, with no external ...

If you are running a self-sufficient race or if you are going fast packing, a sleeping bag is going to be an essential item. The need to carry all your supplies in your pack quite simply means that ...

Run shoes should be specific. It shouldn’t be complicated, but it is. Go on any run forum and I will bet you that daily, someone will ask a question about run shoes. I want a shoe that will allow me ...

There’s a long-standing idea in the running community that races should be cheap. The logic is simple: running itself is simple. Put on a pair of shoes, head outside, and run. So when people see an ...

The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica is a six-stage, six-day race along Costa Rica’s Pacific coastline. It’s tough, humid, beautiful, and unpredictable in the best possible way. You’ll run through ...