On Cloudventure Waterproof – Review
Read our review of On Cloudventure Waterproof. These shoes really make downhill running on hard terrain feel super fun. Read our full review…
Trail Running Advice: From Our Runner Interviews Series
A selection of the best trail running advice from our trail runner interview series - interviews with inspiring trail runners from around the World
How To Treat Running Blisters [and Stop Getting Blisters from Running]
How to stop getting blisters from running (especially trail running as well as hiking) and how I choose to treat running blisters.
Salomon S-Lab Sonic 2 – Road Running Shoe Review
Review of Salomon's S-Lab Sonic 2 Road Running Shoe. A precise and compliant running shoe, S-LAB SONIC 2 is our athlete’s choice for competing…
Salomon S-Lab Wings 8 Review
Review of Salomon S-Lab Wings 8 trail running shoes on Trail & Kale, dedicated to trail running and adventures in the UK and abroad.
Inov-8 Roclite 290 Review – Trail Running Shoes
Review of the Inov-8 Roclite 290 Trail Running Shoe - Inov-8's lightest, most flexible trail running shoe is designed for running fast over…
Trail Running and Mindfulness
Trail running and Mindfulness go hand-in-hand. Here's how I get to that special state of being mindful while out running on the trails.
Running the Abel Tasman Coastal Track, New Zealand
One of the key attractions for us in planning a visit to the Abel Tasman National Park during our trip to New Zealand was to…
Gore Running Wear Fusion: Apparel Range For Trail Running
With its FUSION line, GORE RUNNING WEAR have developed a high-quality range of clothing that is very nicely designed with the ultra trail…
Still Not Bionic by Ira Rainey: A Great Read on Ultrarunning
Ira shows that there are some immense challenges out there, but these can be achieved with hard work, the right training and preparation, and,…
Join the Trail & Kale Strava Running Club
Join the Trail & Kale Strava Running Club: for all runners and adventure lovers. On this page, you can find out more about the club and a link…
Matterhorn Ultraks 30k: an Alpine trail race around Zermatt
This was it, the race I’d been waiting to run all year: Matterhorn Ultraks, a trail race around Zermatt, in the beautiful Swiss Alps.
Matterhorn Ultraks 46K – Skyrunning in the Swiss Alps
The Matterhorn Ultraks 46k Skyrace has been in the diary for nearly a year and so it was always going to be the…
Buff Epic Trail – A Skyrunning Adventure through the Spanish Pyrenees
Racing the Buff Epic Trail Half Marathon at the Skyrunning World Championships in the Spanish Pyrenees. Trail & Kale had a great weekend with…
Running the Ridgeway: Race to the Stones ultramarathon 2016
Overview This race is billed as ‘the UK’s most popular ultra marathon’, with c.2,500 runners and walkers registering…
Salomon Trail Marathon Wales 2016
In 2015 we both ran our second marathon; it happened to be the extremely beautiful yet very challenging Trail Marathon Wales sponsored by…
Blisters on the ball of my foot: caused by gait, not shoes
I used to suffer from awful blisters because of how I ran. This is how I overcame them and went on to run marathons and ultra-distances with…
Keswick Mountain Festival Ultra: 50k around the Lake District
Sunday 22 May 2016, around 3pm: I looked at my Suunto Ambit 3 Sport and it read 52km – I was about 2km from the finish line of my first…