How to train for an endurance challenge
Meet Shaun Brooking: Shaun Brooking has an Honours degree in Sports and Exercise Science and further certification in neural performance training. He works with endurance athletes, and what he calls the ‘office athlete’. Everyone who uses their body, is an athlete. He enables clients to connect with their bodies and ...
How to stay fit… Ideas for your next challenge.
By Becky Scott of RS Performance Training Leading up to big events participants dedicate their lives to the training, refueling and recovery process. Once the event has been completed and celebrated it can be hard to know what to do next. It’s great to have more time to spend with ...
Working out in nature is the ultimate antidote to modern life.
Working out in nature is the ultimate antidote to modern life. Scarily modern life and chronic stress is having a detrimental effect on our brains and bodies. Amazingly working out in nature has been proven to reverse this effect so you can save yourself and reap some positive mood benefits ...
EiA 2019: The diary
EiA 2019: The diary By Lorna Robertson Timmis How it all began… I am sitting in my study with rain and wind pouring down at the behest of Storm Gareth as I am sipping coffee and trying to capture the whirlwind, intense, amazing week during which I took part ...
They’re off! The teams begin the third ascent of Everest in the Alps
The weather held up, spirits soared and the three Everest in the Alps teams began their gruelling challenge at 6am this morning. The four day challenge will see Teams Sagarmatha, Artemis and BlackLine ski uphill the height of Everest raising vital funds for research into children’s brain tumours. There’s been ...
An open letter to our supporters…
Just days to go until our teams fly out for Everest in the Alps 2019 and Lorna Robertson Timmis of Team Artemis has written an open letter of thanks to all her supporters that have helped over the last months of hard work and training… Dear Friends and Family, What ...
Meet Team Artemis
Welcome to the third and last installment in our ‘meet the team’ series. Here we meet Team Artemis (meaning Goddess of the Mountains). Four super fit mum’s from Hampshire that have been training hard for this challenge and are ready to give the men a run for their money! Meet ...
Official hydration partner: Precision Hydration
How to stay hydrated during Everest In The Alps. Staying hydrated is crucial if you want to perform at your best during Everest In The Alps, so our friends at Precision Hydration have put together some advice to help you start and stay hydrated during the event… What hydration challenges ...
Meet Team Blackline
Welcome to the next in our ‘meet the team’ series: This week we introduce Team BlackLine. A group of five Hampshire dads set on making a difference. The team, headed up by TVs Phil Spencer, also includes Mark Lindblom, Rupert McInnes, Nick Sowerbutts and Alex Lewis, and they will be ...
Meet Tobias Mews: Elite ultra athlete, former Army Captain and now Everest in the Alps team member.
Tobias joins Everest in the Alps 2019… Tobias Mews is one of those crazy people that loves a challenge! In his own words he is “an adventure athlete, ultra marathon runner and a 4-time Ironman Triathlete. I’ve seven sub-3hr marathons to my name… cycosportives, mountain biker, Black T-shirt wearing Norseman with a ...
Meet Team Sagarmatha
Welcome to our 2019 meet the team series, where we’ll be delving into the minds of our team members as they prepare to take on Everest in the Alps 2019. First up is Team Sagarmatha! Who is Team Sagarmatha? We are a team of six friends (Stuart Miners, David Flight, ...
Breaking news from the Everest Centre in their research into childhood brain tumours
Scientists have discovered what drives the unpredictable growth of low grade brain tumours… The Everest Centre for Research into Paediatric Low Grade Brain Tumours is a ground-breaking new initiative. The £5 million landmark centre is the largest single investment in research ever made by The Brain Tumour Charity, funded ...
