Tag: trail running

RUN SAFE WITH CORONAVIRUS: 10 TIPS

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 2 June 2020. Posted in Training.

You can run safely also with Coronavirus but you should protect yourself while training and at the end. After several months of lockdown, we are finally back to trail running. The luckiest athletes...

THE MONT BLANC RACES ARE CANCELED? TIPS FOR A B PLAN

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 20 May 2020. Posted in Trail World News.

All the Mont Blanc races are canceled but you can still save the season and keep motivation with a B Plan. Find out how The UTMB® machine stopped, the Organisation and the Chamonix Valley did the best...

HOW WILL THE TRAIL RUNNING SEASON 2020 GO? WILL THE ULTRA OF THE MONT BLANC, THE TOR, TAKE PLACE?

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 15 April 2020. Posted in Trail World News.

How will the trail running season 2020 go and what will happen to the ultra trails around the Mont Blanc or the Tor? These are some of the questions submitted by the trail runners of all over the world...

WHY SHOULD YOU MONITOR THE HEART RATE IN TRAIL RUNNING

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 12 December 2019. Posted in Training.

The Heart Rate in Trail Running is subject to continuous changes compared to road racing. This derives from the changes on the surface on which we run: soil types and inclination percentages. It is...

CROSS TRAINING FOR TRAIL RUNNING

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 29 November 2019. Posted in Training.

Cross training is useful for recovery but also to keep fit in the event of an injury. After an intense Season dedicated to Trail Running, you need a period of physical and mental recovery in which it...

FILIPPO, FROM FOOTBALL TO TRAIL RUNNING, DREAMING ABOUT RUNNING TOR DES GEANTS

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 22 November 2019. Posted in Training.

Filippo Moirano is a trail running athlete, a former professional football player, manager of a famous grocery store in Biella, “Lo Spaccio”. This interview begins with a classic question: Who’s...

HOW TO IMPROVE TRAIL RUNNING WITH CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 20 November 2019. Posted in Training.

Cross Country Running is an Olympic discipline with distances between 4 and 12km, in many ways similar to mountain running or short trail running races. With the cross-country running training you get...

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYMPTOMS, FIRST AID FOR TRAIL RUNNERS

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 29 October 2019. Posted in Nutrition.

Trail Runners can often experience chronic fatigue symptoms during the year. It is important to prevent them, recognize them and act immediately. The state of physical and mental exhaustion can be related...

HOW TO WIN AN ULTRA TRAIL, CHRISTIAN PIZZATTI, TRM TEAM, 1st UTLO 100K

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 23 October 2019. Posted in TRM Team.

Christian Pizzatti, twice at the Trail World Championships with the Italian national team, won the VIBRAM UTLO – Ultra Trail 100K in 12h07. The race with 6000m d+, starting and finishing in Omegna,...

CALCIUM IS A GREAT ALLY IN TRAIL RUNNERS DIET

Written by Cristina Tasselli on 16 October 2019. Posted in Nutrition.

Calcium is a mineral present in high quantities in the human body and is important for bones, teeth, muscles, stimulation of cellular metabolism and, finally, the balance of the nervous system. In endurance...