The couple that slays together…

t was the best of croissants, it was the worst of croissants. Yesterday I experienced all-butter nirvana at an impromptu patisserie pitstop somewhere outside of Grenoble. Today I’m click-clacking arou

Lily Canter was keen to try this women-only ultra and to take some of the women she coaches along too as ultramarathon guinea pigs… On a sunny August morning hundreds of women lounged on beanbags in a

Hurtling down a forest road at 60kph the smooth surface suddenly vanishes and is replaced by a section of large stones/small boulders. I haven’t time to brake so instead (try to) relax and hold on for

Not many successful breakaways involve almost 5,000m of climbing over 324km, but that’s exactly what Napoleon Bonaparte pulled off in just six days in the spring of 1815. After escaping from exile on

I’m sitting staring at a screen, sweating and trying to hide the fact that my hands are shaking. A voice comes through the headphones and begins the countdown. The next thing I know, we’re on air, liv

What makes for a great World Championships? The course? The performances? The backdrop? The roster? The crowds? The history-making? The list goes on, but as the starter’s pistol sounded to release the