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Great Runs, Great Cities, Great Goals

We all waited with bated breath to see if this years’ Great North Run would go ahead as planned, following the sad loss of our great Queen Elizabeth II. We found the images of the observed silence ...

Refuel, recharge and run chafe-free with Kendal Mint Co & runderwear

Maxing your marathon, pushing for your PB, testing those time trials? Whatever your main objective, there are two key elements to success when you’re getting race-ready; energy and focus. So how do...

Marathon Training Series - Introduction & meet the runners

The marathon is the ultimate road-runners race – it’s 26.2 miles of unrelenting battle, both physically and mentally. But that’s what our team are all about, taking on challenges and relishing in t...

Meet our ambassador running coaches

🏃‍♀️UK Coaching Week🏃‍♀️ 'UK Coaching' are the UK's leading charitable organisation for physical activity and sports coaches. This year they have launched their #Born2Coach campaign that aims to ...

5 Reasons you get blisters: causes and treatments

Blisters develop to protect damaged skin and help it heal. They're mostly caused by friction, temperature, trainers and socks – however, there is one guaranteed solution...

Blind Dave & the great run series 2017

Dr Blind Dave Heeley is no stranger to challenges. He was the first and only blind person in the world to have completed the ultimate endurance challenge of  7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents a...

Top 3 Places to Run

Today I went for a run.  Nothing too unusual about that.  But I did think how incredible the views were - even more so than usual.  This morning I was lucky enough to run along the beaches of Bourn...

Dee Caffari MBE - Endurance Race

Recently we were approached by Dee Caffari and her team for help and support on their recent Three Peaks Sail 4 Cancer Challenge. The Three Peaks Yacht Race is one of the oldest and most remarkabl...

Running across the Pyrenees

In August 2015, Sophie, who many of you will have met as the smiling helpful wonderfully funny girl who works with us at all of our events, ran the GR11 route across the Pyrenees! Here are some pa...

Choosing your friends

It seems to have been the only reasonable explanation to my non-running friends as to why I wanted to run an ultra-marathon. “I’ve fallen into a bad crowd”, I explained with my tongue firmly in my ...

Getting out of your comfort zone

It’s hard being the s**t runner. Not least because you end up so soul-destroyingly far behind, that you start to tell yourself you’re s**t.   You knew running in this group would stretch your comfo...