A force of nature

Competitors at Ironman Lake Placid, on 20 July, are treated to 180km of epic climbs and swooping descents through the region’s majestic Adirondack Mountains. In the pro races, Norway’s Solveig Løvseth

Black Hill Road. Lap three. A biting headwind. My neck screaming. I glance up and see the same slope that’s already broken countless riders today. And as the lads around me clip out and walk, I dig in

‘ Another day in the simulation. Switzerland.exe is running flawlessly,’ says Material-Resist3770 above a mountain scene so stunningly perfect that it could be computer-generated. This internet post i

Piteälven, one of Sweden’s great rivers, has carved out 400km of sweeping landscape through Swedish Lapland by sheer brute force. In following these watercourses, Mark Waring learns lessons in fully appreciating this remote and seldom-visited wild land from the Norwegian border high in the Scandinavian mountains to the Baltic Sea

“Reckon we’re actually going out in that?” The pre-race chat in the car park above Putsborough beach in North Devon has almost exclusively focussed on the behaviour of the Atlantic Ocean’s swell and s

Last year, while on holiday in the south of France, I watched a night trail race from the comfort of a pavement café. In no rush to leave, I saw the whole shape of the race for maybe the first time ev