This weekend, Run or Dye returns to Penshurst Place, bringing thousands of people to take part in the world’s most colourful 5k to the iconic venue. The stunning 14th century estate will host a storm of coloured dye inspired by the ancient Hindu festival of Holi. This year, the original 5k route is one of…
Many of us predicted last year that 2017 would be a good year for STRYD as Running With Power gains more mass acceptance. That seems to be coming true.
Polar’s new chest-strap heart rate monitor (HRM) is the H10. I’m going to assume, as I would do with a Garmin or Suunto chest strap HRM, that it’s accurate. Some of Polar’s marketing literature states increased accuracy over the previous H7 model. The H7 has historically been used by Sports Labs as a HRM-of-choice due…
I incorrectly thought that to get your body from A to B required the same amount of energy whether you walked or ran. That’s not quite true. Well, it’s not true. More correctly if you RUN AT ANY SPEED from A to B then you will use up roughly the same amount of calories. Walking…
Triathlon gear to make us better, faster, stronger and prettier (well the first 3) in 2017
First Impressions My initial view of SHFT was that it looked to have well-made hardware pods with a fairly comprehensive, ‘proper’ run coaching app. Proper in the sense that it gives ‘instant’, personalised, actionable, corrective, audible feedback on your running form. Some of its competitors promise the same, yet do not convincingly deliver. SHFT also…
SHFT is a digital running coach capturing lots of gait metrics from two pods and providing coached feedback. I’ve had SHFT since last week and will be looking into SHFT over some more runs in the coming few weeks after which I will produce a review. Of particular interest are the metrics it captures, which include…