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Chasing a Flat-Course Marathon PB: A Training Framework for Speed-Focused Racing
Berlin has produced nine marathon world records since 2003. Chicago runs flat. Rotterdam runs flat. Selecting a fast course is the easy part. Preparing specifically for sustained race pace over 42.2km is the harder work. Here's how to structure 16–19 weeks of training for a PB attempt on a fast course.
Cowes Week: How to Race in the World's Oldest Annual Sailing Regatta
First sailed in 1826 under the flag of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes Week has run every August since — making it the oldest continuously held sailing regatta in the world. In August 2026 it marks its bicentenary. Here's what the event is, how to compete, and what makes the Solent the most complex racing water in Britain.
Rock Shoes for Outdoor Sport: How to Choose Beyond the Gym Shoe
A gym shoe gets you started. An outdoor shoe is a decision — downturn, rubber compound, closure, and sizing interact with rock type and climbing style in ways that matter once you're clipping bolts on limestone or smearing granite. Here's the framework.
More Than the Finish Line
Wesam Elhayek didn't start running to become an athlete. She started running to survive a season. What happened next surprised even her.
From Endurance Athlete to Alpinist: The Skills Gap and How to Bridge It
Trail runners and cyclists who arrive at a glaciated peak with strong aerobic engines and no idea how to put on crampons are a recognizable type in alpine guiding. The cardio is genuine and useful. The technical deficit is a specific, fixable problem — but no amount of fitness substitutes for it.
Chamonix for Trail Runners: The UTMB Corridor and What the Trails Actually Ask
Chamonix sits at 1,035 metres in the Arve Valley, hemmed in by the biggest peaks in the Western Alps. Trail running here operates on three distinct altitude bands, from accessible afternoon runs at 2,000m to technical high-altitude routes that ask for more than aerobic fitness.
After the Classics: Europe's Summer Road Cycling Calendar and What Each Race Decides
Spring is done — Roubaix, Liège, the Ardennes monuments. The Giro runs into June. Then comes the part of the calendar that actually determines how a season is remembered: five months of stage racing and one-day racing from Dauphiné to Il Lombardia.
Strength Got Her Started. Endurance Took Her Further.
Gigi Fettuccini didn't become a runner by being good at it. She became one by refusing to stop.
Mari Souza Never Meant to Become a Runner.
She started because she needed somewhere else to put her mind.
From Pool to Ocean: Building Open Water Swimming Skills That Actually Transfer
Pool fitness and ocean racing share a stroke and very little else. The navigation, cold water, pack dynamics, and variable conditions of open water events require specific preparation that lap-swimming alone cannot provide.
The Non-Glamorous Side of Running a Destination Marathon
Registration lotteries, race expos the size of convention centres, time zones, and the surprising physical cost of race weekend on foot. What no training plan tells you about running a major marathon in a city you've never been to.
Hossegor: Europe's Most Consequential Beach Break
The beach breaks at La Gravière shaped professional surfing for three decades. What remains after the WSL contest moved on is one of the Atlantic coast's most powerful stretches of surf — accessible, practical, and honest about the skill level it requires.
Preparing for Your First Multi-Day MTB Stage Race
Multi-day mountain bike stage racing has one demand that no single-day event prepares you for: recovering overnight and performing again at full intensity the following morning, for seven or eight consecutive days. The training block, the race-week disciplines, and the gear decisions are all oriented toward that single requirement.
The Vendée Globe's Strange Logic: Why Solo Non-Stop Round the World Works as a Sport
The Vendée Globe is a sailing race in the same way the Badwater Ultramarathon is a running race — technically accurate and fundamentally inadequate. Solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the world in a 60-foot foiling monohull. It has run every four years since 1989 and is the most watched sailing event on earth.
El Chorro: The Most Practical Sport Climbing Destination in Spain
El Chorro is not Spain's most famous climbing destination, but for athletes arriving from Northern Europe in the depths of winter, it may be the most logical: 60 kilometres from Málaga airport, accessible by commuter train, and climbable through November to April when everything north of the Pyrenees is under frost.
Flying with a Bike: How to Navigate Airlines, Fees, and Arrive Race-Ready
Airlines treat oversized sports equipment with varying enthusiasm, their policies change without notice, and the difference between a correctly packed bike and a casually packed one shows up at race-day bike check. Here is how to do it without drama.
Racing Hot: Heat Acclimatization Strategies for Ironman Athletes
Athletes who train in cool climates and race in Kona, Lanzarote, or Cairns face a thermal stress gap that race-day willpower cannot close. This is what the science says about closing it before the start gun goes.
Trail Running Innsbruck: Nordkette Access, Race Calendar, and Why the City-Mountain Combination Works
Innsbruck sits at 587 metres above sea level with a 2,300-metre limestone ridge directly above it and a cable car from the city centre. For trail runners, the combination of full urban infrastructure and genuine alpine terrain within 30 minutes is difficult to find elsewhere in Europe.