HOW TO TRAIN FOR THE COASTAL ASCENT ELEVATION By Vlad Shatrov   It’s no secret that the Coastal Ascent course is challenging, but thats definitely a part of the reason people sign up and run this event. This particular course has you running into and around the Glenrock National Park which is located just south of Merewether beach in Newcastle.  In terms of trail terrain it has plenty to off...

    Picture this: you've scored first chair of the day and there's 45cm of blower pow on the ground. Your chair crests the ridge-line and you feel an icy cold blast of deep Antarctic wind. You tuck your chin a little deeper into your face mask; you know what storm skiing is all about and your layering game is as refined as they come, the product of years of hard earned lessons and cotton fille...

Over the weekend, hundreds of pairs of Le Bent socks ran hundreds of kilometres through the Aussie bush…   Whilst we hope our socks are always out and about, helping our athletes float over trails, last weekend was a special one in that it saw our ever expanding team of trail runners converge on the multiday Ultra-Trail Australia (UTA). The race that began in 2008 and had 160 entrants and bare...