Posts tagged with: saab salomon outdoor team

UK's top fell runners head to Turbo X

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 20 Nov '09

The last race of the 2009 Saab Salomon Turbo X race series hits Bordon in Surrey this Sunday, for what should be the biggest event of the year. Over 1200 entrants have put themselves down for the 10 miles of trail, bog and flog. Read more…
X-rated stuff from White and Swinburn

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 28 Sep '09

It was a repeat performance for GB international mountain runners and SSOT members Natalie White and Nick Swinburn at this weekend’s Saab Salomon Turbo X race in Sheffield – following the pair’s winning runs in Mugdock a fortnight earlier… Read more…
Gherkin running (vs. fell running)

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 28 Sep '09

Fell runners are partial to their pre race recces, normally for the purpose of checking out the terrain, working out what shoes are suitable, ascertaining where there’s water available on the course and most importantly sussing out the best lines between hilltop checkpoints… Read more…
Symonds and Owens win 5th GORETEX ® Transalpine-Run

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 12 Sep '09

The two British racers Andrew Symonds and Tom Owens of Team Saab Salomon Outdoor won today’s last stage of the GORE-TEX® Transalpine- Run 2009 from Schlanders to Latsch, Italy… Read more…
Symonds & Owens enjoy more solitude

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 07 Sep '09

Yep, it was business as usual for Tom Owens and Andy Symonds as they went for their third stroll in the Alps today. It’s no so much that they have no competition, more the fact that they are a pair of the best endurance mountain runners in Europe! Read more…
Brits raid at Annecime

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 15 Jul '09

The 5th Annecime ultra trail and mountain race took place on Saturday in the amazing surroundings of Lac d’Annecy, France. With races across 80km of Alpine trails the racing was highly competitive in this most beautiful of locations… Read more…
Rob romps home at British Fell opener

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 06 Apr '09

With his British champion crown to defend Rob Hope started 2009 where he left off in 2008 with a great win at the opening round of the British Fell Running championships in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland on Saturday (4th). Read more…
Saab Salomon head to Mourne

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 02 Apr '09

This weekend sees the opening round of the British Fell Running Championships in the beautiful Mourne mountains, Northern Ireland. The race at Slieve Bearnagh is only 4 miles in length but still has 2690ft of climbing. Read more…
5 minutes with... Alistair Brownlee

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 09 Mar '09

He is down to earth. He likes flying kites. He loves his running. He loves off-road running especially. He would quite like to do more mountain running and was GB’s top Olympian in the Beijing triathlon. He is Alistair Brownlee – one of the biggest talents in triathlon right now. Read more…
Robbie Simpson joins Saab Salomon

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Sun 08 Mar '09

The Saab Salomon Outdoor Team have once again shown vision – and the determination to build a great team of mountain runners – by signing mountain running star Robbie Simpson. Still only 17, Robbie has taken the Scottish scene by storm in 2009, winning 4 races in the last couple of months. Read more…
Andy takes the stairs

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Sun 01 Mar '09

On the 19th of March the UK’s first stair-climbing race, Vertical Rush, takes place at Tower 42 in London. Saab Salomon Outdoor Team member Andy Symonds will be taking part, convinced it might be a good idea after his interview on the Chris Evans Radio 2 show a few weeks back! Read more…
Stair climbing - the recession beater

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 17 Feb '09

Tucked away in the last 10 minutes of the Radio 2 Chris Evans show last Friday (1hr 48 mins in) was a piece on Vertical Rush Read more…
5 minutes with...Rob Jebb

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 10 Feb '09

There isn’t a lot that hasn’t been said about one of the UK’s great fell runners, Rob Jebb. He’s a 7 time winner of the classic Three Peaks cyclo-cross race, so he could be mentioned in the same ‘great’ vein by the cycling fraternity. Read more…
SSO team get started in Langdale

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 05 Feb '09

As reported some weeks back the newly formed Saab Salomon Outdoor Team are shaping up for 2009 and this weekend saw the first team get together in Langdale, Cumbria, with stalwarts Jebby and Angela Mudge joined by new recruits John Heneghan and Anna Frost… Read more…
Olympic Triathlete joins Saab Salomon - for the weekend!

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 03 Feb '09

Its not often you get a load of world class mountain runners, in the wilds of winter, in the mountains of the Lake District, being joined by world-class triathlete. But then again Alistair Brownlee isn’t your everyday athlete. When Saab Salomon Outdoor Team manager Tim Lloyd spoke to me about their launch weekend he mentioned in passing that they were joined by the Leeds University man. Read more…
5 minutes with...Anna Frost

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 14 Jan '09

2008 WMRA Grand Prix champion – has a nice ring to it! PE teacher, and new Saab Salomon recruit, Anna Frost is one of those human beings that make the world go round. With sport in her blood from a young age, coupled with that Kiwi tenacity, Anna was always destined for the top. Read more…