Accommodation in the Yorkshire Dales
The roadrunning trip to the Yorkshire Dales is looming large and I am still wondering how hard it can be. Accommodation in the Yorkshire Dales can be very expensive. Loads of second homes and £1000 a week cottages for rent. So camping it is then And making this decision coincides with almost 3 days of [...]
3 peaks of Yorkshire – How hard can it be?
One of the most unexplainable things about being an athlete is the buzz of the unexpected. It is something that you can’t explain to someone who isn’t an athlete. Turning up at a race you haven’t done before, going round a course for the first time in training. The 3 peaks of Yorkshire has got [...]
Salomon XT Wings Review
Following the recent post, “the shoes have arrived”, the Salomon XT Wings have been used a carpet slippers for a week or 2 in the roadrunning.net household. The shoes are a fabulous bright red with black trim. There are reflective safety patches in conspicuous places also. Elastic laces anchored at the bottom with a funky [...]
Last Man standing – BBC3
Dropped on a very interesting programme on BBC3 last night. The “last man standing” is a reality TV show featuring 6 endurance athletes from the english speaking world. They include a strongman, a professional rock climber, a BMX racer and a fitness instructor. They travel to remote parts of the world taking on the locals [...]
Track our sports with Nokia sport tracker
As we have posted before, roadrunning is going off road with Nokia and Salomon. The Nokia phone has a little application loaded called sport tracker The phone turns into both a stopwatch and a gps tracker which tracks where you go and how fast. You can then upload to the sport tracker community and share [...]