Brendan Funk is the youngest person to complete Racing The Planet’s 6-day, 250km Antarctica adventure race. Here is his full account of his journey through Antarctica.
If you’re a regular Strava user, you’ll have seen them. Sketches, portraits, and words spelled out in city streets. They are shared widely on social media, traveling far beyond the world of obsessive runners and graphomaniacs. I’ve often wondered how their creators have the time and energy to create their invisible messages and artworks whilst … Read more
Runners seek motivation and accountability from different places. Some turn to their partner or family members for encouragement, others join a running club, and some runners even depend on their beloved four-legged companion and run with their dog. Another popular avenue for increasing motivation to run is by using a running app. Running apps not … Read more
Ultrarunning continues to gain a ton of popularity as runners all over the world are making it their go-to sport. Women and ultrarunning seem to be a match made in heaven as strong women everywhere are completely smashing it on the trails! More and more women are signing up for and running ultras every day. … Read more
The concept of marginal gains considers how by making small adjustments to your habits, you will eventually produce improvements in performance. While in isolation the adjustment may not result in a noticeable difference but combining them all together and then repeating the process over time, should lead to significant gains. In this article, coach Cathal … Read more
Whether you’re just starting out, maintaining your current condition, or looking to improve, the element that must always be present in your training, and life in general, is consistency. There are no shortcuts in distance running. If we want to achieve our goals, improve, and avoid a decline in our fitness levels, we need to … Read more
I’ve always found running to be a good metaphor for life in general. I know that running has made me better in other aspects of my life, and I’m sure this has something to do with running being hard. As much as I love running, it isn’t always easy. But hey, neither is life. And … Read more
You can run, but can’t hide from Derek Murphy, the man behind MarathonInvestigation.com. For the past six years, Murphy has been catching marathon cheats in the form of bib stealers, bib mules, bib buyers, and course cutters in races around the world, starting with the Boston Marathon and stretching to far-flung places such as the … Read more
The Hash House Harriers, or HHH, or H3, are a global group of sociable and non-competitive runners and drinkers. The Hash House Harriers are known as The Running Club With A Drinking Problem or The Drinking Club With A Running Problem, and their favourite drink is beer. Globally, there are more than 1,700 groups of Hash House Harriers, and … Read more
The Marathon Monks (gyoja) of Mt. Hiei, Japan take on kaihōgyō, a spiritual challenge of endurance in pursuit of enlightenment. The journey lasts over seven years and the stakes are high. If they fail, the monk must perform Hara-kiri – ‘honourable suicide’. If they survive, they become a living saint. They wear white, the Buddhist … Read more
The book Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) and it’s ideas have spent the last six months rattling around in my head, and influenced how I think about running, exercise, what to eat, how to live . . . In fact, it’s one of the best health and fitness books I’ve read – even though … Read more
In this post, I’m going to share my experience and advice in adopting the keto diet for 10-14 day cycles as a distance runner. We’ll explore the background of ketosis, explain the potential benefits, and address the nay-sayers. Interested in keto and running? Let’s jump in! The principle behind the ‘keto’ diet is that … Read more
I got into running during my University days, both to keep fit and to clear my head each evening after a long day in class. If you’re anything like me, you probably started running for similar reasons – you realised it was an easy way to exercise, and it was a good way to pass … Read more
In 2018, Mark Callaghan embarked on a wild journey of running all six World Marathon Majors, followed by the Comrades 89km ultramarathon. In this guest blog, he recounts the story of a year of travelling the world running – and the running overtraining issues he faced in running back-to-back events. He talks about the unexpected … Read more
Track miles, not likes. Social media has infiltrated our lives in extraordinary ways in the past 10 years. As well as making the world more connected, it has given us a tool which means we never need to be alone. 80% of us check our smartphones before brushing our teeth in the morning. And while Facebook, Twitter, … Read more
Brendan Funk is the youngest person to complete Racing The Planet’s 6-day, 250km Antarctica adventure race. Here is his full account of his journey through Antarctica.
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