So…you want to know if it’s possible to be a successful trail runner without having regular access to the mountains? The answer is definitely yes! There are many examples of great athletes who live and train in a relatively flat area and compete very successfully on the trails.
There are many good articles (independent or sponsored articles, make sure you always know the source!) on how to choose a GPS watch for running, and depending on what you’re looking for, there’s a wide array of options available on the market. Here I will try to recap what, according to me, are the most important features of a GPS watch for trail running that I use almost on a daily basis.
My name is Francesco Puppi, I’m a professional trail runner for Nike and a head coach for Vert. In my athletic career I have specialized in any distance that is defined as “short trail”, or what in Europe we refer to as “mountain running”: short trail races, up to the 50k distance. But my favorite distance might be the mountain marathon. Why? Because they are a lot of fun to race and train for–and they are intense, various and generally not too hard to recover from, so you can definitely do more than one per year. In this post I will talk all about it!
