Back in the Trail Running Game: Kaitake Ranges
Isn’t it strange this primal instinct we humans have of looking up at a mountain and wanting to get to the top of it? Where does it come from? Why […]
Category Archives: Trail Running
Race Review: Sally Nash Takes On The Tarawera Ultra
Have you thought about running an ultra race? Sally Nash shares her first time experience of the famous Tarawera Ultra (85k) after having a very successful day at the office … complete with pizza, kumara wedges and jelly beans at the aid stations!
Train for Wellington Cigna Round the Bays: Destination Run
By Hayden Shearman // It’s just five weeks until the big day of Wellington Round the Bays, so now is the time be logging some of the longest runs of […]
Train for Wellington Cigna Round the Bays: Getting the Ball Rolling
By Hayden Shearman // We are just under three months out from Wellington’s massive festival of running: Cigna Round the Bays. On 22 February, the weather will be perfect (isn’t […]
The Mistress and the Villain: Queenstown Marathon Review
By Hayden Shearman // Sitting in the back of a St. John’s ambulance at the 35.5k mark is not how I envisaged finishing my fifth marathon. Five minutes earlier I […]
The Day the Trails Beat Me Up
By Hayden Shearman // This time yesterday I had never run a trail race in my life. It was race five of the Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series, and although I’ve […]
#50DaysOfWinterRunning
By Hayden Shearman (TempoFit head coach). The cold, the rain, the lack of daylight, the appeal of an hour extra in bed … There’s plenty about winter that can keep us from becoming […]
Xterra Series Give Away
Thanks to TomTom, we have nine season passes to giveaway on our TempoFit Facebook page this week. Jump on over and add your comments to one of three questions to […]
Kim Allan: Auckland’s Latest (Only?) Running World Record Holder
On Sunday evening, 22 December, Kim Allan of Tuakau completed a 500km run. Let that sink in for a moment. Five. Hundred. Kilometres. What’s the longest run you’ve ever done? […]
7 Tips for Running in the Heat
Some runners hate it; others love it. I personally fall into the latter category but having spent some time running and racing in more tropical climes I can certainly appreciate […]
