tour de mont blanc

Active Travel, Fitness 9 July, 2019

The Tour de Mont Blanc Trek (Day 9 to 11)

By Nicola Strother

Featured Photo credit @mark_brightwell Day 9 – Champex La Lac to Trient We left La Grange fairly early and it looked like it was…

Active Travel, Fitness 7 July, 2019

Tour de Mont Blank Trek (Day 5 to Day 8)

By Nicola Strother

Day 5 – Refuge Elisabetta to Courmayeur After a lovely evening, we woke to a less than mediocre breakfast and some awful coffee. Breakfast…

Active Travel, Fitness 25 June, 2019

The Tour du Mont Blanc – 11 day trek (Day 1 to Day 4)

By Nicola Strother

Every year Jason and I peruse the world for some sort of hike or trek. We had seen articles about the Tour du Mont…

Fitness Tips

Find Your Workout Tunes

Running with music is a great way to get in a groove (just make sure it's not blasting too loudly, or you won't hear those cars!). To pick the ultimate iPod playlist, think about what gets you going. "I know several elite athletes that listen to what we'd consider 'relaxing' music, such as symphony music, while they do a hard workout,". So don't feel like you have to download Lady Gaga because her tunes are supposed to pump you up—go with any music that you find uplifting.