Finally, springtime here in the UK is properly underway. For quite some time now, we’ve had the early signs of spring with the usual early blooms and longer days but the weather has remained stubbornly cold and often felt more like November than April. This is a key time in the Sport Walking calendar, regardless…
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My First Ultra moves to Skillspack
‘My First Ultra’ – Sport Walk’s online course for those taking on their first ultramarathon – has a new home. Previously it was hosted within a dedicated portal just for Sport Walk courses but with the number of potential online courses that we might wish to create being relatively limited, we decided to place all…
Sport Walk partners with Sport In Mind
Sport In Mind is an award winning mental health charity with a mission to improve the lives of people experiencing mental health problems, through sport and physical activity. They are the UK’s leading mental health sports charity and deliver physical activity projects in partnership with the NHS in order to aid recovery, promote mental wellbeing,…
Walk don’t run
In the last in this series about mixing running with Sport Walking, the only thing that remains is to lay out the positive role walking can play for runners. The concept of ‘run walking’ has been around for ages, largely thanks to the work of Jeff Galloway and its benefits (for runners) in training is…
NEW VIDEO: Trail Blog No.5
This time Roger’s in the Lake District and takes a quick walk up Loughrigg Fell, next to Grasmere. He talks about the power of short walks, explains the lack of new content on the channel and outlines the benefits of Sport Walking for mental health. Catch up with other trail blogs here and if you want more…
Run, don’t walk
Continuing on from the last blog about Speed Hiking and in the second post in a series of three, let’s look specifically at the benefits of running in training if you’re a Sport Walker. Now before you get too worried that if you introduce running into your Sport Walking training, you might become infected by…
What is Speed Hiking?
If you have an interest in American super long distance trail routes, trails like the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail, then you’ve probably come across the term ‘Speed Hiking’, although it’s not something most people who take on these routes do when they’re ’through hiking’. It’s actually a term that’s become synonymous with…
Look Back to Move Forward
It’s not uncommon, when you’re training for an ultramarathon or some other kind of Sport Walking challenge, to get stuck in a bit of a rut. It can feel like you’re just doing the same thing over and over or maybe you don’t think you’re making the same kind of progress as you did before….
NEW VIDEO: Precision Fuel – First Look
We received some samples of Precision Hydration’s new ‘Precision Fuel’ all in one carb and electrolyte drink mix and in this video, Roger gives you a quick run down of what the drink gives you and takes it out for a taste test during a training session. We’ve been recommending Precision Hydration’s personalised electrolyte drinks…
NEW MERCH COMING!
We’re refreshing our ‘aprés walk’ wear this winter with some new designs and new garments for the cooler weather. When we first set up our Teemill store, we simply got started with some different slogan t-shirt designs, such as our popular #walkfaster tee. Now, we’re looking to expand the collection with more autumn and winter…
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