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Meet the Racefully team: David!

Meet David, one of our co-founders! Here’s a little insight into his fitness goals, challenges and more.   Name: David Naylor Profession: Racefully co-founder, lawyer My Current Fitness Plan: Not what it should be. Run twice a week (would like it to be three times). Try to do an average of 10,000 steps a day…

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4 ways to get up for that morning run

Some people say that you’re either a morning person or you’re not. That it’s all a matter of programming and you can’t do anything about it. Here at Racefully, we don’t think that’s true at all.   Take morning runs for example. You most certainly don’t have to consider yourself a morning person to go…

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Losing & gaining weight – how it actually works

  If you have a goal associated with your bodyweight, it’s either to lose, gain or maintain it, right? There are millions of different ways of achieving these goals, but they all revolve around the same scientific principles.   Calories Everyone has uttered the word “calorie”, probably many times. But how many people actually know…

Meet the Racefully team: Howard!

Meet Racefully’s Product and Operations manager, Howard! If you have any more questions for Howard, feel free to leave him a reply! Name: Howard Gray Profession: Product, Marketing – Racefully Links: @howardgray My Current Fitness Plan: Cycling to and from Racefully HQ, boxing training, yoga classes and a bit of treadmill. Top Fitness Tip: Make…

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Meet the Racefully team: Sarah!

This week, meet Sarah, Racefully’s AWESOME UX/UI designer! Feel free to leave us a reply if you have any more questions for Sarah.   Name: Sarah Clark Profession: UX/UI Designer My Current Fitness Plan: Try to walk at least 10km a day. Top Fitness Tip: The biggest insight I’ve had is learning how to breathe…

Pre run breakfast - fruit juice, cereal, berries, yoghurt

What is the perfect pre morning run breakfast?

For those of us who love to run in the morning, breakfast is something we’ve all had a good think about. Different people will have different formulas that work for them, so we’re here to give you the facts about how the body digests different food groups and how this can affect our runs. Step…

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Meet the Racefully team: Chris!

To help you get to know the brains behind Racefully a little better, we’ve put together a short set of questions for each team member to answer. The first set of answers we’re sharing with you are from Chris Pointon, one of Racefully’s co-founders. Leave us a reply if you have any more questions for Chris, or…

Everything you need to know about shin splints

Anyone that has ever had shin splints will almost certainly recognise the look of despair on a fellow runner’s face when they tell you that they’re currently battling it. Shin splints is easily one of the most common injuries running-related injuries and also probably one of the most frustrating.   What are shin splints? The…