The 3 Peaks of Yorkshire – Salomon XT Wings Challenge
Regular readers will know of the XT Wings Challenge and that I have a pair of Salomon XT Wings (courtesy of Salomon) and a Nokia N82 (courtesy of Nokia). I had to dream up a challenge that I could do in the Shoes and photograph with the phone. I chose the ‘3 Peaks of Yorkshire’ [...]
How accurate is the Nokia N82 gps?
The whole thing of distance has always fascinated me. Tracking distance may be old school. (Most elite athletes track training time) but for us age groupers, it is always interesting. I once read that when Polar were researching the development of the footpod. They concluded that most sub elite/age groupers (their target market) weren’t too [...]
Running in high heels
05/06/2008 Originally uploaded by road_running A strange thing happened the other day. As I have pointed out, the Salomon trainers aren’t really my thing for running in. Howewer, when putting them on the other day, I noticed a strange thing. How far they actually lifted me from the floor. Because I run in what most [...]
Attention Race Directors
Capturing vital feedback from runners on your race is essential. Paying attention to minor details and listening to runners can take your race from just another day out to one that sells out weeks in advance by word of mouth. You will not only save on advertising but you get a reputation as a “must [...]
Camping in the Yorkshire Dales
Well after much surfing around, we picked a campsite to base the roadrunning salomon xt wings challenge at. As I posted before, camping further out of Horton would mean an earlier start. BUT crucially, the campsite would have something for the junior roadrunners to do. (A Park/playground). A field with a tap in the corner [...]