Off-road running is more than just a great cardio workout. When you take to the trail, you also hone your agility and strengthen your core. Before you run straight for the nearest mountain, remember these four rules. 1. Adapt Your Legs A trail’s roots, rocks and...
Serious runners swear by hill training. But should you?
Wear this advice like a tight-fitted suit. And then get an actual tight-fitted suit to go with the look.
The Salomon Speedcross has become a widely popular line of trail running shoes, preferred by superstar trail runners like Ryan Sandes, pictured, and aspiring mountain goats too. The fourth edition of the shoe is seen as an upgrade on the Speedcross 3 rather than a...
Make sure you’re training the right way with what these studies found
There’s no way around it: to gain muscle, you have to pay the iron price; and sweat buckets.
It's true: adding strength and resistance drills to your training can shave minutes off your 10km PB. Here's how. 1/ Stabilise Your Stride Why? Sprinters, triathletes and shoplifters know the merits of hardworking hamstrings. “they are fundamental to running with the...
Looking to boost your performance and core strength? Walk this way
For all-over, real-world strength, skip the road and run straight up a mountain. These are five of South Africa's toughest trail races – are you tough enough? Summer Trail Series 23 October to 27 November 12-14km each. Gauteng Four races in the course of a month,...
Maybe it’s the views. Or the sheer space around you, empty and vast. Or the rain, and the mud, and the rocks and the steepest rock faces you’ve ever seen, or the dark, and the feeling of being absolutely alone. Maybe ultra trail runners are just mad. Who else but the...
Race coming up? Heavy lifting twice a week can improve your VO2 max. Runners in an Italian study saw a 6% VO2 max boost using this tactic. That strength, plus better mechanics, can enhance your running economy and cut injury risk, says PJ Newton, founder of Strategic...
Running is an easy, relatively cheap way to stay in shape and keep the kilos from coming back