Top 5 Blogs Of 2016
We’ve had a look at our site analytics and come up with our Most Popular Blogs of 2016 among readers. To make life easy for you we’ve put them all into one page for you to enjoy! No.1 – Athletes Running On Empty: Hitting The Wall In this piece we get to grips with the […]
13th December 2016 read full articleRunning Man: Jim Gump – 11,000 down, 19,000 Miles To Go
Setting your mind to something is a part of life, it is how we achieve the goals that take us to the next step, whatever that step may be. For some, it could be walking to work rather than getting the bus. For others, it could be a Saturday morning cycle, or swim in the […]
15th November 2016 read full articleSports Injuries: A Spanner in the Works
“When your life revolves around sport, nothing is as frustrating as an injury or sickness that stops you from doing what you love. Nobody likes to be on the sidelines, ourselves included.” – Gareth Reynolds, Digital Director of PledgeSports. “As a very active and busy person, I hate nothing more than being sick or injured. Between tennis, […]
1st November 2016 read full articleAthletes Running On Empty: Hitting The Wall
Often times, sport hinges on defining moments. In tennis, a break of serve. In golf, a clutch up-and-down. In football, a last-minute goal. All are defining, but perhaps none are more so than an athlete “hitting the wall”. Hitting the Wall refers to the moment an ultra-athlete’s body no longer has any energy to burn. […]
27th October 2016 read full articleLoneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. The person who starts a long-distance run is a different person to the one who finishes it. In a form of sport that pushes every atom of human effort to its limit, we delve inside the minds of […]
27th October 2016 read full article‘You sweat, you die’ – Inside the mind and body of an ultra-athlete
Founder & CEO of PledgeSports, Richard Pearson, recently caught up with ultra-athlete, Audrey McIntosh, as she prepares for a challenge never before attempted by any woman in history. Audrey McIntosh is a 53 year-old mother and ultra-athlete from Scotland. By her own admission, Audrey is an ordinary woman fitting in training around her family and work […]
27th October 2016 read full articleJimGump has started world’s longest run
On October 1st, Jim Plunkett-Cole (JimGump) set off on what is the longest run ever attempted. 20,000 miles and 3 years of running stand between Jim and the history books. Jim is recreating the infamous cross-country trek from the 1994 Oscar-winning film, Forrest Gump, hence his apt nickname, JimGump. Over the 1,172 day run, […]
29th September 2016 read full articleCouch to 3,000km: Diary Of An Ultra Marathon Beginner
Training For Ultra Marathons For Beginners WE’VE so many ultra marathon runners raising adventure funding on PledgeSports.org right now, we felt sharing their expertise was well overdue. Behold, the latest extract from running newcomer Sophie Rooney’s Diary of An Ultra Marathon Beginner It’s The Rooney’s (almost) Couch to 3,000km: Training for Ultra Marathons For Beginners: […]
16th May 2016 read full articleGet fit in January with the help of our athletes
MORE turkey, less time in the gym this Christmas? Fear not, we have a whole host of inspiring projects that can not only lift you, but actually get you fit again. Many of our athletes are performing near the top of their sport and are experts in all levels of fitness. In return for […]
9th January 2015 read full article