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First Endurance - a new look at nutrition

Although the sports nutrition market has been pretty saturated for some time, there are surprisingly few products designed specifically for endurance events. Of course, there’s no law saying “you can’t drink Gatorade in a 100 mile race” (and many people do use it successfully), it’s just that most mainstream drinks and gels have been tailored [...]

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Injinji socks

Let’s be totally honest here, as runners, we all share one thing in common - a foot fetish.  Not generally of the kinky toe-sucking kind, but more an acknowledgment of the fact that toes are a pretty crutial part of running biomechanics.

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Salomon Wings trail shoe

The venerable Salomon 3D Pro has been de rigueur for adventure racers and hard core trail runners for some time now.  With it’s low profile design and high level of protection, the 3D Pro has become ‘the standard’.   The ‘running specific’ range of Salomons (aka Trail Pro series and SGS) have been received less warmly [...]

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TNF Arnuva 50 trail shoe

Trail runners can border on obsessive-compulsive when it comes to gear, particularly those tackling ultra events. On one hand you have the simplest sport in the world, requiring so little to get such a lot… but then ask anyone who’s had a recent DNF to give their reasons and you’ll usually hear mutterings about [...]

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Vibram Five Fingers

The barefoot running ‘craze’ has reached critical mass recently with quite a few published studies either praising or dismissing the virtues of running shoeless.  Whilst the jury is still out on whether running a road marathon sans shoes is a good idea, there is certainly conclusive evidence that runners can benefit enormously from integrating some [...]

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Salomon Vest Pack

Next to shoes, the humble pack is arguably the most important (and highly subjective) piece of trail running kit. A poor fitting pack can be as debilitating to a runner as blisters. Alternatively, a good one doesn’t interfere with your action yet provides efficient hydration and nutrition whilst obviously carrying other essentials like first-aid kit, rain jacket and maps. Like Nathan and Ultimate [...]

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