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TRAVEL & RACING
41 RACE THE PLANET
Euro city tour or an ultra Down Under ?
60 COLD SNAP
Trail running in China , through the eyes of a photographer
74 THE DAY I WON THE OTTER
Toni McCann relives her race in pictures
88 ALONE BUT NOT LONELY Meg Mackenzie ’ s camper-van diaries from the Golden Trail Series
116 A PEAKY BLINDER How Ryan Sandes broke his 100-K FKT
TRAINING
56 RUNNING ON AIR
You cannot compete if you cannot breathe
98 DIRTY FAST !
Learn to love cross-country – your 8-week plan
80 ALL ABOUT THAT BASE
5 bodyweight exercises for the time-pressed
110 CONSISTENCY IS KING
How to boost your endurance and sidestep injury
120 IN THE RED-S
There is nothing healthy about missing your period , warns 2018 Comrades winner Ann Ashworth
124 WORTH YOUR SALT
Want to podium ? You need sodium
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