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The Sticky Toffee and Beauty and the Beast trail runs take place at Cartmel Racecourse on the 20th of March, and there are a few days left to grab yourself a place. 10 and 18km courses await across gently winding footpaths, although the ‘Beast holds much more darkness in store! Read more…
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It’s a real job keeping up with what’s going on across-the-Pond when it comes to trail and off-road news. Some great resources out there such as Trail Runner, Trail running Soul and Byron Powell’s excellent iRunFar.com. Read more…
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Fascinating and apt little article on ice spike from the Run to Win guys. Personally I might think twice about putting screws into my favourite trail shoe, and you can buy off-the-shelf shoes like these... Read more…
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We like to practice what we preach here at MST. The trails in the Dyfi Valley area are some of the best in the UK – fact. So I thought I would share some of what I saw out there today, as I happened to have my camera with me. For the record – 8 miles, 61 minutes. Read more…
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Well on my desk at least. Yes, we have finally got our hands on a pair of Walsh Spirit Lite shoes – the Bolton fell-shoemaker’s statement of intent in trail running. At first glance the understated Walsh signature is there, with very little in the way of bells and whistles… Read more…
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The biggest expo of running gear – bar none. ISPO is the place to go if you want a handle on what’s hot for the coming 12 months. Not being one to shy away from new kit the Gripmaster made the trip to Munich to enlighten us… Read more…
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The 31st January deadline for the discounted early bird rate created a huge surge of online entrants over the weekend of 30/31st January, causing online entry breakdown for many. Some entries managed to get through the PayPal system, but many were left disappointed Read more…
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It only seems like yesterday that we were down in Bordon covering the last of the 2009 Saab Salomon Turbo X races. Well, its now February and it’s just over 4 weeks until the first race of the 2010 series gets underway at Surrey Hills near Bracknell on the 7th of March… Read more…
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This must be one of the best magazines on the world’s newstands. Except it is online. I can’t read German, but it didn’t stop me from spending 20 minutes looking at the imagery and taking in the emotion of the superb off-road running e-zine that is Trail Magazin… Read more…
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Autumn has been a busy time in terms of trying out new alternative trail running shoes for this reviewer and with my inflamed metatarsals I hoped to find a shoe that struck a good balance between grip, lightness, and protection from the dangers of the trail. Read more…
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Fell shoe originators Walsh have recognised that time stands still for no man (or woman). The ultra-pure sport of fell running will never leave their hearts, however in a nod towards other off-road running activities that are emerging the Bolton pioneers have released a range of trail shoes… Read more…
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You know MST, a few pairs of shoes here and there, we like to take our time over these things. The guys at Gripmastertrails.com like to test things with a little more gusto it seems. Goodness knows how many pairs of shoes hit the trails on this little test, but it was a lot! Read more…
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Top endurance-event organisers Pro-Velo Support have announced details for their latest ultra-trail race this Spring. The Wiggle Lightning 12 is a smaller incarnation of the Adidas Thunder Run 24 which takes place at Catton Park later in the year. Read more…
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Montrail has signed four new elite trail runners to Team Montrail including Max King, the winner of the 2008 and 2009 XTERRA Trail Run Championships and the 2009 USATF Trail Marathon Championship. Read more…
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The main reason for the Gripmaster’s latest foray into the powder was (we think) to test out the Icebug SISU olx shoe. Whatever the reason we think that Stefan and his female partner had a lot of fun out there in the heavy snow that now covers Europe… Read more…
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Louis Clark reports on a suburban foray into the ancient forest of Epping Forest. Londoner Louis has to search far and wide those wild spaces that make an urban runner’s life a bit more bearable, but finds a little bit of off-road heaven east of London… Read more…
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German-based site Gripmastertrails is a site after our own hearts here at MST. The imagery and emotion is superb, and their coverage of year’s TransAlpine Run was unsurpassed. The Gripmaster loves the trails, runs the trails and reports the trails… Read more…
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Early news comes from the ceiling of the world that Kiwi Anna Frost has produced a staggering performance at the Everest Marathon. Although results and times are provisional at this stage, the Commonwealth champion placed 6th overall and produced a time of 4hrs 35 minutes… Read more…
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Just hours now until the start of the bi-annual race from Gorak Shep nr. the Everest base camp to the Namche Bazaar. Don’t be deceived by the 6,000ft drop in altitude over the 42km route either, as the last 15km is a brutal roller-coaster… Read more…
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MST has another new writer. Louis Clark will be ‘our man in the South’ – of England that is – covering all things trail and XC. Louis lives in the city, he lives for the weekend and getting our of urbania. Read more…
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The Al Andalus Ultra Trail is a very tough 5 day, 5 stage race of around 225km. The course provides a very demanding test not just for your legs but for your character and determination. Temperatures will be high (35-45C), climbs numerous and long. Read more…
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Registration for the 2010 GORE-TEX® TransRockies Run is now officially open, an early initiative designed to manage the increased interest in the unique event. Runners from all over the world will be signing up for one of the coveted entries to take on this spectacular challenge… Read more…
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In episode 9 of Kilian’s Quest Mr. Jornet takes us through those hazy times of sleep deprivation, when you never quite know what day it is! You can only imaging how it must have felt to have been running the Tahoe Rim Trail with very little sleep in 38 odd hours! Read more…
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I have to admit to not being an avid reader of the world’s most popular running magazine. In the past I saw the publication as more of an advisory mag, helping those running newbies obtain shoe, race and training advice for road races, marathons, the odd off-road or charity event… Read more…
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Never ones to shirk our responsibility to the grass roots here at MST, we’d like to big-up a very nice urban trail race up in the Manchester area – taking place this Sunday the 11th of Jan, 2009. For all you ‘urban trailsters’ who are fed up with the icy pavements and traffic – Hit the Trail! Read more…
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You’re probably sick and tired of ‘lists’ these days – so we thought we’d do one!
The World XC champs have thrown up a number of legends over the years and whilst crewing the end off my biro I thought you might like to get involved and have your say, as always no prizes, its just for fun… Read more…
