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Getting in prime physical and mental shape to hit a fitness goal over a period of many months is no mean feat. It’s like a game of snakes and ladders, where the temptation to skip early, vital stages

At risk of sounding like your teacher when they told you off for not listening at school because you were daydreaming about your new bike – what was the last thing I just said to you? If you can’t rem

Warts ’n’ Hall

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

Are you hiding how you feel, covering it ...

After a decade of soggy socks, bashed up pork pies, and making polite conversation with the midgiebitten masses, here are the things Trail writer Fliss would banish to Hiking Room 101 faster than you can say “lovely day for it” in the driving rain.