How to ride an unsupported event

Want to cycle 1,000 miles across rugged Scottish terrain, climbing more than twice the height of Everest? Oh, and it’s totally unsupported. Then try the Trans Alba race: you don’t have to be mad to do it, but it probably helps!

If transition is oft-cited as triathlon’s fourth discipline, then nutrition is most definitely the fifth (and it’s surely more crucial than transition, too, but that’s a story for another time). That

My world had shrunk to a bouncing circle of torchlight and a cloud of foggy breath. The only sounds were my breathing and the repetitive crunch of my footfall on the frozen trail. It was December and

Warts ’n’ Hall

I am lying hip-deep in a peat bog looking up at the grey, ominous sky and pondering my life choices. My backpack is so heavy with all my food, water and camping gear that I can’t actually get up. I am

Q How can I run longer distances without getting tired? A As you run longer distances, it’s normal to feel tired. To run further without exhausting your body will mean adapting to the extra mileage an