After the last-minute cancellation of MDS 120 Fuerteventura, the focus now shifts firmly to Morocco, where two cornerstone ...

The Complex Web of Doping, Management, and Responsibility When news broke that Kenyan trail running champion Joyline ...

Amy McCulloch is a world-renowned author who in 2022 toed the line of the iconic Marathon des Sables. The race and the experience planted seeds for a story, one of ultra-running and mystery. In ...

When news broke that Kenyan trail running champion Joyline Chepngeno had been banned for two years after testing positive for triamcinolone acetonide, the reactions were swift and polarised. On one ...

In a world of the big shoe brands, think adidas, Brooks, Asics, Nike and of course, the list goes on. I love the fact that, without doubt, the best trail and mountain running shoes come from a small ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yes, it is that simple. What you will wear and what equipment you need is the same for all MDS events, be that the 4-day / 3 stage MDS 120 or the 7-day / 6-stage MDS The Legendary. The only difference ...

A rest day made all the difference for the participants of MDS Fuerteventura and stage 3 was eagerly anticipated. An early departure from bivouac and then a bus transfer to the start at Sotavento ...

It has been a little like Christmas lately with the arrival of new shoes for testing and the La Sportiva Prodigio Pro was highly anticipated. I got my hands on a pair at UTMB in 2024, sadly though, ...

As projects go, Alpine Connections is so grand in scale, that it is hard to fully understand. Imagine connecting 82-peaks over 4000m, covering 1207km’s by human power (run, cycle, climb or walk), ...

Transvulcania Ultra has always been a brutal race. Spanning 73.06 kilometers across the volcanic backbone of La Palma, with 4,350 meters of ascent and 4,057 meters of descent, it’s a journey from ...