adidas hadn't exactly been shy about how good they think this product is. For weeks they'd told us to expect a shoe that would 'revolutionise running'. That's some big talk right there. Then at the product launch they wheeled out two very big guns who know a thing or two about running. Yohan Blake and [...]
By way of a what I like to think was a 'welcome to the neighbourhood' the people at Teva invited me for a run with them on Hampstead Heath to celebrate, not actually my moving in round the corner, but the launch of their new shoe.Teva are an outdoors footwear brand and you're probably more [...]
Running is a relatively inexpensive sport. Once you've got your trainers (and providing you don't want to enter any races) you're pretty much set. Shorts, tops and socks can be picked up pretty cheaply and will do the job OK.But there may come a day when you find yourself spending more time in your running [...]
Running is a relatively inexpensive sport. Once you've got your trainers (and providing you don't want to enter any races) you're pretty much set. Shorts, tops and socks can be picked up pretty cheaply and will do the job OK.But there may come a day when you find yourself spending more time in your running [...]
Splurge: NikeRunning Capris £35Shield Running Jacket £65Running Sports Top £26Total £126Save: H&MSports tights £14.99Running jacket £19.99Sports top £7.99Total £42.97
In my quest to become a triathlete, I've bought a bike, taken swimming lesson and now I'm testing out a rather funky looking pair of shoes.Swiss triathlete and winner of the ITU Long Distance World Championships, Caroline Steffen is a top contender for the Ironman Hawaii World Championships this weekend. There she'll be running in a pair of [...]
You'll have seen it everywhere at the Olympics and on the football pitch at the weekends - athletes sporting what looks like electrical tape holding them together. Kinesiology tape is the latest sports injury product filtering down from elite to amateur level athletes.The tape is supposed to "provide pain relief, reduce swelling, assist a range of movement [...]
Want to do something for charity but don't want to reach for the sponsorship form? Fear not. Samsung is asking you to run just one mile (or more). For every mile you run they will donate £1 to good causes.In the UK that money goes to Kids' Company, a really great charity supporting some of [...]
Testing out new running products is fun, but there's one thing I'd not been looking forward to trying: Tiger Balm Red. Because giving it a proper test would mean having an ache, pain or strain that needed something rubbing on it.Brighton Marathon came and went with nothing worse than two black toenails to show for [...]
Running kit seems to be upping its game of late. Now that manufacturers have nailed the wicking fabrics so we no longer have to run while carrying a couple of pints of our own sweat in our t-shirts, they've decided to turn their attention to making it look nice.Lots of boutique sports brands aimed at [...]