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Road Shoes vs Trail Shoes

Continuing his series of posts running coach and Ultratrail athlete Jonathan Worswick looks at the choices we make,  in road shoes vs trail shoes. As a coach, I often get asked about racing on firm ground, and the choice of shoes, road shoes vs trail shoes. Normally it goes something like this…. “…the run is…

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Importance of Meditation

Julia Ventham leads our Yoga and Walking Holiday in the Spanish Pyrenees. Qualified in healing and energy work, Julia runs group courses as well as offering healing and meditation tuition on an individual basis, both in Spain and England. The only relationship that counts We sit now at the junction of the years end and…

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Yoga Meditation Retreat Spain

We are very lucky that we live all year round in a tiny farming hamlet in the central Spanish Pyrenees, close to the Ordesa National Park. A place where you can disconnect completely, unspoilt and still undiscovered. There can be few better locations to host a Yoga and Walking Holiday. We held our first Yoga…

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Mountain and Trail Running Holidays in Europe

There can be few better places than the Spanish Pyrenees for Mountain and Trail Running Holidays in Europe. We organised our first Trail Running Holiday in the central Spanish Pyrenees in September 2016, and now we run our Trail Running Holiday every year. Our guesthouse is the base for this holiday, Casa Allué, in the tiny…

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Difference Between Trail and Road Running

Our Trail Running Holiday guide, running coach and Ultratrail athlete Jonathan Worswick talks about the difference between trail and road running. During my career I have trained and raced on both road and trail, over short and long distances. I actually began off-road running in the early 1980s when I was introduced to Fell (Hill)…

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Trail Running Technique

In his second post, running coach and Ultratrail athlete Jonathan Worswick talks about trail running technique. This is part of a series of posts leading up to our Trail Running Holiday. Trail Running Technique is the one area most of us neglect to practice. We may put in the miles, add hill runs and speed…

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