The dating game can be tricky at the best of times. As trail runners, it makes sense to date someone that values fitness and health even if you don’t share the same sport. A great way to see if a...

Just about everyone I know has a desire to have lean, defined abdominal muscles. Similarly, most runners I know detest running uphill. That made me wonder whether the two could be linked. Could...

When it comes to whacky, off-the-wall trail race concepts, there is nothing to beat the Barkley Marathons. Imagine a race so tough that it wasn’t until the tenth edition that an athlete finished...

When I moved to a mountain village in the south of Spain I was surrounded by hills and mountains in every direction. We have a section of riverside trail of around a mile that is flat, nothing more....

I can remember the first time I saw trail running videos of people running along rocky ridgelines. That looked way too scary to just be normal trail running and I was right. I was looking at an...

I know the feeling all too well. When I run uphill I land up gasping for breath before very long. It used to be worse than it is now, but steep hills still tend to knock the breath out of my...