How to Increase Event Participation It’s two months before your fundraising sporting event, your event registration website is looking great, but the participation numbers aren’t yet as high as you anticipated. Making the event a success is not only essential for charities and participants, but also for your group/organisation to ensure that this event becomes […]

If you’re new to organising sports events, or it’s been a while since your last, you may be wondering where to start when organising your next event. We have worked with hundreds of event organisers up and down the country, who often come up against similar challenges when preparing for their big day. We’ve put […]

David Martin-Jewell, race organiser of the JCP Swansea Half Marathon and Managing Director of Front Runner Events, draws on his years of experience and offers up some top tips … 1. It’s all in the planningPlanning is the foundation on which any successful event is based. Make sure that all key milestones and targets are […]

Right, it looks like summer is finally here (immediately crosses fingers), but with the right nutrition and clothing strategies, that shouldn’t stop you cycling and running… Training and racing in the heat can be a nightmare as your body wrestles not only with the environment but also the metabolic cost of cycling, running or triathlon. […]

Triathlons that begin with a sea swim can be a daunting process. Let’s see if we can help you with that… According to the Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s coastline stretches to a rather lengthy 11,073 miles. That would get you from London to Sydney with over 500 miles to spare. It’s why open-water sea swims […]

As your big day approaches, a few final preparations will see you reach your goals – and the pub – in double-quick time… This summer will see more UK riders take on sportives than ever before, including thousands of first-timers. You’ve ticked off the training, sacrificed alcohol for water and grazed on a diet of […]

Endurance sport has you digging deeper than you thought possible, but rewards like no other. Train even harder with our top tips… Interval trainingWhether it’s running or cycling, interval training not only increases your speed, but also helps to simulate the sensations you’ll experience in racing. The more you feel these sensations, the more comfortable you […]

Racing over 13 miles is always a challenge, but this quintet of UK races will ease you in (relatively) gently… Run Jersey Half Marathon (Sunday 12 June 2016) Striding out for your first half marathon is the perfect way to see this glorious island. The route is a fast point-to-point, which kicks off at St […]

After the Christmas-Day excess, bolt yourself back into action via an event from this quirky quartet… TEIGNMOUTH BOXING DAY SWIM After spending the previous day planted to the sofa with Dr Who, a week’s worth of calories and mulled wine for company, what better way to sweep away the Christmas cobwebs than taking a dip […]

2015 has seen the growth of a new fitness market – the wrist-based heart rate monitor. But are they any good…? One of the fitness revolutions – okay, evolutions – of 2015 has been the rise of strapless heart rate monitors. Since Polar invented the first heart rate monitor (HRM) back in the 1970s, the […]