Black Diamond UL Overmitts
About 20% of the population suffers from Raynaud’s Syndrome, which causes poor blood flow to the fingers at the slightest […]
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Gear Review
Race Report
Rasselbock Backyard Ultra 2025
Let’s just say we had an absolute blast at Rasselbock this year. After Julie ran there in 2024 we knew
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Gear Review
Training for the mind – Book Reviews
It’s said that running an ultra is 90% physical, and the other 90% is mental! However you choose to do
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General
The Road to Big’s
If you’ve heard anything about Backyard Ultras you’ll know there are two races that are the highlight of the Backyard
General
Year in Review: 2024
We’re writing our 2024 year-end post from the comfortable position of taking a little bit of a break. Both of
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Gear Review
Geckowear Socks
Winter has definitely arrived over the last two weeks… we’ve had several days of sub-zero temperatures, 24 hours of slushy
Race Report
Backyard Ultra World Team Championship 2024
As we sit down to start writing this, we’ve now had two full night’s sleep and been home for over
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Gear Review
Salomon Sense Ride 5
Julie uses all different kinds of shoes – Brooks, Scarpa, Salomon, Altra, Hoka (many different models) – and when she
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Race Report
Borders Abbeys Way – Run The Borders 2024
This was always a bad idea from the very beginning… when Breaking Strain (organisers of Run The Blades) announced they
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Race Report
Pig on the Hill Backyard Ultra 2024
What an epic race that was! But to properly tell the story we need to go back more than a
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