I was recently given the opportunity to review a pair of Salomon Speedcross 3 trail running shoes by Fitness Footwear. The Salomon Speedcross 3 trail running shoes are designed to be a lightweight trail racing shoe with an aggressive profile and is a recently updated third incarnation of this popular trail and fell runner shoe. We love the Quicklace™ lacing […]
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I’ve recently had the opportunity to review a pair of Salomon Speedcross 3 trail running shoes by Fitness Footwear, and while they’re still in the process of being tested, I’m impressed so far! While they feel like you’re running on soft studs on hard surfaces, once you get on trail and fell you appreciate that
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While this review might seem rather unseasonal, so’s the current weather. The Under Armour Coldgear Compression Leggings are well suited to any cold weather activity. This includes walking up Snowdon in May! In the recent cold snap, they were perfect for wearing underneath a thin wind-proof trouser (Montane Featherlite), without being too warm for running. I managed to
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The Montane Marathon Jacket is designed to be the ultimate runner’s windproof jacket. It weighs almost nothing, OK – 130g, and packs down to a tiny size. It has just enough water resistance for showers. Once you’re running, it’s a snug jacket that doesn’t get in the way, you can just forget about it. Made of highly
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Like traffic wardens and taxes, treadmill training is just one of those necessary evils we all have to put up with at some point in our lives. While pounding away on the mill like a giant hamster can be boring and uninspiring, it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are five top tips to make treadmill
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Now that the New Year is well and truly underway, it’s time to dust of those running shoes and clamber out of your holiday cocoon. What better way to do this than with a mud race! If one of your resolutions this year is to get fit and healthy, signing up for one of these
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With the lower quality rags warning of a Siberian Winter, as they invariably do every winter, year in and year out, you’ll need to get properly kitted out for some winter running. Not because of their usually incorrect forecasting, but due to the solid science that the months of January and February are usually quite
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SiS GO Isotonic Gel is designed to be taken without water, to provide an energy boost during any intensive activity. They’re available in three flavours; Orange, Tropical and Blackcurrant.. The Orange variety tastes just like orange jelly, which for me is good, but it isn’t an overpowering taste. While many other gels I’ve tried are
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The Maxifuel ViperActive energy gel is designed to keep you energised on those long runs or cycles. It’s available in only two flavours, Lemon and Lime and Mixed Berry. The mixed berry flavour doesn’t taste as expected! It has a tart, youghurty flavour which unpleasant at first, only as it was unexpected. The tartness is rather refreshing,
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We’ve all in probability tried something made by Lucozade over the years. Probably one of those glass bottles with orange cellophane that seemed to be a permanent fixture next to any sickbed in the country. These days, the brand association is more with fitness than the convalescing. The Lucozade Body Fuel is similar in flavour to their
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The PowerBar Sports Gel provides energy for those longer runs or cycles, and is available in five flavours; Blackcurrant, Apple, Lemon Lime, Tropical Fruit and Vanilla I tried the Lemon and Lime flavour, and it really was a shock to the palate! It was extremely citrusy, as expected, but after the initial shock I realised
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Gu are better known for their puddings than sports nutrition (at least to me they are), and what I do know is that their puddings are some of the best pre-packaged sweets known to man. With such a tasty pedigree, I had high expectations as well as plentiful drool even before trying them out. Apparently,
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Beans that improve your running? This sounds like something a lad called Jack would swap his cow for on the way to market. However, you don’t need to own a cow, or revert to the barter system in order to get your hands on the Jelly Belly Sports beans, though you will need to shell
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Having recently reviewed and raved about the new Montane backpacks, we tried out the baby of the family; the Batpack 6 waist pack. The Batpack is well built and constructed from tough Raptor fabric. You wouldn’t need to worry about this getting some knocks and bumps along the way. There’s a useful secure pocket for keys
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We all get them, and while we may blame the humidity or our legs still being sore from the long run at the weekend, we still know we had a poor run. But it’s not all doom and gloom, so here’s a few points to ponder after one of those lead legged runs that may
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The Columbia Master of Faster are a hybrid trail running and walking shoe. Designed equally for those fast walking trips where running sections might well be on the cards, trail running or just as an approach shoe. With a Columbia Outdry waterproof liner and a nubuck and mesh upper, they’re sturdy enough for most off-path
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How light can a pair of trews get? Not much lighter than the Montante Featherlite pants that’s for sure. Suitable for those fast and light summer trips, running in less favourable conditions or as an emergency layer in your waist pack on a trail or fell run. As new, the Durable Water Repellancy treatment means that water
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Why not get yourself motivated in the new year with some of these ideas 1 Run a race you’ve never done before. The Snowdonia Marathon entries for 2012 open today so why not take up the challenge? Or if you’ve never run, why not challenge yourself to do a 5 or 10k this year? 3.5
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This is a very short section of the Antrim Coastal Path, but one that runs past the world famous Giant’s Causeway. Difficulties: Activity Type: –Easy Walk Trail or Fell Runs Submitted by: daveroberts The Route I’d visited the Giant’s Causeway itself the previous day, and I’ll be totally honest that I hated the experience. Far
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Is it just me, or does running indoors just sound like it isn’t worth bothering with? I’ve run enough on a treadmill to know that I prefer being out in the elements, soaked to the skin than in a soulless gym on a slightly modified hamster wheel. In Germany, they’ve just opened an indoor TRAIL
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The Black Diamond Ion head-torch has to be one of the tiniest and lightest headtorches on the market Used on our recent superlightweight challenge, this has found its way into our emergency bag as a spare torch, many a wild camp and into small short pockets for those twilight runs you hope you can complete before it
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These are all the other apps we looked at for part 2 and decided to put in their own little post, out of the way.. Run Free – a very basic logger with a large and runner-friendly interface that changes the display between distance, pace and time on touch, but would be better with more
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The second Installment of the Free Android Running Apps.. (first one is here) Cardiotrainer – On opening you can start a schedule for a ‘week’ but not beyond that. Ideal if you’re doing a steady few runs every week and building a base, and so far the best scheduler (you can state the activity you
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