Road Running to Trail Running
For those of you experienced road runners out there, switching over to the trails might not sound like a big deal–but if you start to trail run with a road
The Black voices we’re learning from in the running community
Like many around the world, the three of us behind Vert.run have been outraged by–and then looked very much inward after–the recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George
How to recover faster to run stronger and longer
Let’s rethink the power of doing nothing By Philip Collier. Learn more about Philip’s work here: https://www.brainsparks.com/ If you are like me then you’re tracking your training metrics; distance, vert,
Vert Beats: Vert.run x Francesco Puppi
Vert.run x Francesco Puppi At Vert.run, we keep adding more new training plans with Pro athletes and we’re happy to announce our new collab with Italian mountain runner Francesco Puppi.
Here’s how to winter train: according to the pros
Introducing our 2020 Winter season training programs – The best way to maintain all the work done through the year while improving key aspects of your trail fitness.
Reasons to keep training in winter
As the weather gets colder and rain/snow come along, we all fight the same feeling. We tell ourselves that we want to go out for a run, but at the
How to maintain your fitness during the winter months
It feels “easy” to be a trail runner when the sun is shining, the air is balmy and the days are long—but in the dead of winter, finding motivation can
How to become a faster runner Strides for Trail an Ultra runners
In this quick strides lowdown, we’ll go over two things: how to do strides, and why they’re important for you as a trail runner. No matter if you’re running short, fast distances or technical, mountainous ultras, strides are a major tool in any runner’s training kit.
10 smart Gifts for Trail Runners and Ultramarathon Runners – Under $100
What to get the runner who has (seemingly) everything?, here we have smart list of gifts that will make that person happy and at the same time help small business, so you can give and do good, at the same time!
Vert Beats: GTS Championship
Azores Trail Run – GTS Championship The year is almost over–and with the situation getting complicated again with the pandemic, this week’s race that happened on the island of Azores
Vert Beats: Run Wild
Run Wild What does running on the trails mean to you? We’re sure everybody could say something different and personal about it, but one of the things that we all
Vert Beats: Reasons to keep training in the winter
4 reasons to keep training in the winter Now that the northern hemisphere is heading into winter, we know many of you tend to think that trail running season is
Vert Beats: Rickey Gates Transamericana
Rickey Gates – Transamericana In 2017 and after the last election in the US, Rickey Gates decided to embark on his biggest project ever (at the time): crossing his country
Vert Beats: Sierre Zinal Elite Race.
Sierre Zinal – Elite Race. Last Friday, pretty much out of nowhere, we found out about a very special edition of the mythical race Sierre Zinal happening with just a
How to pace yourself on a long climb
This is a key element on mountain running, pacing yourself. You know that the easiest is to start hard and feel like a superhero in the first ⅓ of the
Running in the rain is cool and great for our health.
Some people tend to just not train or choose the treadmill when it is raining, but actually they’re missing out. Running under the rain in the right places it’s safe
How to drink on a trail running race without slowing down
We already talked about drinking on a long run, well the only difference in doing it during a race is that we don’t want to slow down during the race,
Vert Beats: Jim Walmsley Hardrock FKT attempt.
Jim Walmsley – Hardrock 100 FKT attempt. Back in July–without much noise or press at all–we saw another big name jumping into the FKT attempts party: it was Jim Walmsley,
Vert Beats: Hail Mary 50k
Hail Mary 50k We know that this year has been tough on everybody; lots of races canceled or postponed, and overall uncertainty which is not the ideal environment for being
Vert Beats: FKT’s of the week and some races too!
FKT’s of the week and some races too! Ok, so more FKT’s and records attempts for this week, but also, 2 really big races went ahead in these weird times:
Vert Beats: FKT’s of the week.
FKT’s of the week We’re back with some of the most epic record’s attempt an FKT of the last couple of days: -Taking things a step further than already
Vert Beats: Courtney Dauwalter – Colorado Trail
Courtney Dauwalter – Colorado Trail The big news of the week in the Ultra world was the epic FKT attempt that Courtney Dauwalter undertook on the Colorado Trail which finally
Are you running too hard? Perceived extertion scale+ guide for trail & ultras
Do you want to optimize your training, avoid overtraining and injuries? Discover how with this guide for trail running and ultramarathon training.
Vert Beats: New training plan with Lucy Bartholomew!
New training plan with Lucy Bartholomew! We’re very happy to announce a new a new collab with another Pro Athlete for one of our training plans! This time it’s the
