The ‘Nights of Adventure’ are an occasional series of lecture nights held to raise funds and awareness for Hope and Homes for Children. After a visit to some of the charity’s projects in Sierra Leone Alastair Humphreys decided to ask the talented, interesting and generous community of “adventurers” out there to share their stories. The …
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Caveman training at Mission Training Systems
Dropped into Mission Training Systems today for a wee try of their Caveman Training. I knew I was in for a rough hour when I walked into the unit and saw various instruments of torture in the form of tractor tyres, sledge hammers, kettle bells, weighted sledges, punch bags etc. Mission is run by a …
Interview: Mark Cooper – Marathon Man
BS: Describe yourself in 5 words. Loyal, committed, stubborn, charitable & obsessive! BS: What sport/discipline do you do? More often than not it’s running but I still love getting out on the bike and have recently taken up swimming with a view to an Ironman [2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run] in …
Mark Cooper – One man – 50 marathons
Earlier this year Mark Cooper from Edinburgh completed an astonishing journey from Amsterdam to Barcelona; running 50 marathons in 56 days. We’ll hopefully have more from Mark later in the year but for now have a look at his promo video below and check out his website.