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Runners: Are you faking it or growing it?

I’ll confess I wasn’t too keen on the moustache madness of last Movember. Men with […]

Thought-provoking charity lunch. Stuff to make you smile and cry.

Cancer and fitness. Two major topics that most Scots might prefer to think less about […]

At the risk of becoming a Gore-tex bore

I like to make sure that outdoors equipment really does what it says it will. […]

Running in a Gore-tex Active Shell jacket

Running uphill without any flat sections for 5k on a gorgeously sunny, but breezy and […]

Out with (some of) the men and in with more girls in bike shops

I met an interesting chap from Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative today. We were at  Breakfast Media […]

300 days of running. What Jenny Hastings has learned

I met Jenny Hastings on Facebook. I was actually trying to get hold of her […]

Guest kit reviewer: Two ‘very different’ tents

Totally Cool Christine (who I first met at The Mighty Deerstalker) was looking to borrow […]

Christmas gift idea: MCofS membership

What do you buy the outdoors addict in your life? They can be picky about […]

Tell Walk4Life about your top Scottish walks

A healthy walking website is calling on Scottish walkers to tell them about their favourite […]

Great line-up at Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival

The 9th Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival has arrived again. I know this because the G-Force […]

Looking good in your work shoes you triathletes!

Triathletes tend to be keen on looking good. They spend time and money sourcing great […]

The G-Force bags his Munro Round

It was wet. Very wet. The views were almost non-existent. But the day of walking […]