The all-rounder

The British cycling icon talks James Shrubsall through her astonishing journey, on and off the bike

I actually feel like I’m not much of a risk-taker,” says Louise Ferguson. These are unexpected words coming from the first woman to complete a top-to-bottom race run through the treacherous rocks, off

30 DUNHAM MASSEY DUATHLON (various distances) The Bramley Farm, Altrincham. mcafitness.co.uk 7 BLACK COUNTRY TRIATHLETES SPLASH AND DASH AQUATHLON (400m S/ 5km B) Ounsdale Leisure Centre, Wolverhampto

What happens when the Men’s Health fitness director is tasked with road-testing two bikes? He does a double triathlon –and ends up going from review to revelation

I have a terrible habit of signing up for races I’m wholly unsuitable for. First there was the fatbike challenge in the Arctic Circle in midwinter – a chilly affair that saw me trudging through the sn

When Keegan Swenson crossed the finish line to win the gruelling Leadville Trail 100 MTB race in a time of five hours and 45 minutes, as soon as the celebrations died down, it was his Santa Cruz Blur