Trail Talk | August 2026 It's new week! May we easy you in gently with some light reading about your favourite past-time :) Another week of trails behind us, and a decent amount to look forward to as we head towards autumn. Whether you're making it out this week or you're still catching your breath from the last one, there's plenty below worth reading before you lace up again... 📣 What's On Open Trail Night is back: first week of September. An easy intro to running trails

Trail Talk | August 2026 Morning everyone! Bit of a mixed bag this week, some proper achievement to shout about and a quick word on coaching, so let's just get into it. Stour Valley Path Ultra Right so Saturday's already happened by the time you're reading this, done and dusted, and legs in whatever state they're in now. The Stour Valley Path 100k and 50k. Jemma, Gem and Dan U lined up for the 50k, and Dan C went and did the full 100k, the whole thing, lots of staring into

Trail Talk | July 2026 It's been one of those weeks where the ground's gone hard as biscuit, and everyone I've spoken to about a run has mentioned the heat within about thirty seconds! Let's get into it, there's a fair bit on this week. August schedule The August schedule is going up in dribs and drabs this week, a session or two at a time, and should be fully there by tomorrow morning. So if you go looking today and find a gap where next Thursday should be, that's not us f

I remember the first time I stepped off the pavement and onto the dirt. Two days earlier I had flown long haul to Australia with no real plan other than escaping a life I knew I could not stay in. I had been stuck in hospitality in the UK; everything felt stagnant; nothing was tying me down. So I booked a flight, packed a bag, and within two weeks I was on the other side of the world. I landed in Torquay, Victoria, at the start of the Great Ocean Road. I had been a road runne