South-West Wyoming’s Red Desert has been featured in a recent film, capturing the area’s current conflict between oil interests and conservation. In the 9-minute film, Unfenced, two advocates for the … Read more

After six months of no activity, parkrun’s senior management sat down to outline the behind the scenes considerations for handling events during COVID-19. CEO Nick Pearson and Global COO Tom … Read more

One of Zimbabwe’s authentic, post-colonial architectural projects has been Lodge at the Ancient City, completed in the 1990s to emulate the brickwork and dimensions of the nearby ruins, known as … Read more

Of course I’ll take the stairs. After the long wait for Third Space’s Islington venue to open, my patience has been worn and I’ve no time to wait for the … Read more

A sprawling megacity that stretches as far as the eye can see, Tokyo is unrivalled in its size and diversity. The city is the beating heart of Japan, and a … Read more

The recent expansion of New York’s High Peaks Wilderness Area is a significant environmental achievement, finalized in June 2023. This expansion includes Boreas Ponds Tract, a 160,000-acre parcel previously owned … Read more

Every now and again, restoration projects transform a place enough to convert it into a destination and draw a crowd. The Pig hotels have done that with their renovations of … Read more

Over the past two years, high school students in Los Angeles’ District 15 have raised awareness and directly challenged the status of air pollution in their neighborhood. Toxic particulates from … Read more

With Black Lives Matters protests forming a audible background, the first panel of the 2020 Endurance Conference was held yesterday to open a discussion about diversity in triathlon and endurance … Read more

I can’t be the first to person to crave better sports facilities at airports. Even the shortest workout can be a constructive way to kill time ahead of departure, or … Read more

Travel restrictions imposed as a response to COVID-19 have allowed dam builders in the Balkans to continue with projects unchecked by authorities and civil opposition. Several venues have been visited … Read more

Renaissance culture-vulture-athletes can easily justify a sequence of nights in Florence, tucking into the surrounding hills between the city’s food, wine and architecture. As a stepping stone between Rome, one … Read more

The adoption of a single European currency led to the rapid growth of tourism in Portugal. Undesirable Brits were quick to make their way to the beaches of the Algarve, … Read more

The accelerating pace of South Africa’s largest city is easily noticed within a few minutes of ambling around Melrose and Rosebank, two neighbourhoods that form a peanut-shaped enclave south of … Read more

Following a year of tension between North Korea and the West, it’s a relief to see cyclists take a more sympathetic approach to crossing borders. Starting at the end of … Read more

The thought of living and training at 2,200m above-sea-level might not appeal to every endurance athlete, but those visiting Mexico City even for a short time should make the most … Read more

The Australian rugby player posted the below on is Instagram earlier in the summer. I found it hard to follow – it formats for rugby pitches. Here is a version … Read more

With a population of 400,000 people, Zürich is the biggest city in Switzerland, holding up the country’s border with Germany. Surrounded by the Alps and wrapped around the north part … Read more

If you were ever too lazy to consider where your salmon comes from, the latest documentary from Patagonia will jerk you into caring a little more. In an 80-minute documentary, … Read more

Had Romeo ever been an ambitious athlete, his banishment to Mantua and beyond the endurance facilities of Verona would have represented a double curse. Though the quiet town on the … Read more