Spartan Sprint Valmorel : LA DÉBANDADE

On a parfois tendance à préférer parler de ses meilleures performances et taire ses échecs. Moi, je fais l’inverse : après une fin de saison inespérée en 2017, voilà que j’écris plutôt un article sur une de mes pires expériences en course… mais c’est souvent de la difficulté qu’on apprend le plus, ça mérite donc d’en

inov-8 X-Talon 225 – One step forward, one step back

In such a young sport, it seems weird to refer to “classics”, but if there are any, the X-Talon line from inov-8 is definitely a good example. Always seen in large numbers on starting lines despite a haphazard distribution in North America, it has definitely been proven to be one of the sharpest tools in

inov-8 TerraClaw 220 – Close to perfection…

It seems first impressions are crucial. It was a good start, then, for the TerraClaw 220 since the first time I saw them was in Hawaii, worn by my friend Maxime. I was intrigued right away by the diagonal lacing pattern and by the sole, which seemed to reach a good compromise between the very
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THE IDEAL OCR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP by Sébastien David

DISCLAIMER – What follows is merely my opinion. I am not an industry insider, although I spend way too much time thinking and talking about OCR. I am mainly interested in the competitive aspect of the sport, even though I recognize the obvious fact that without the recreational element forming its overwhelming majority, the competitive
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Q&A with Adam Felt, Toughest Marketing Director

Although they don’t get much exposure in North America, Toughest, a race series based in Sweden, has been making waves on the other side of the Atlantic. It’s not hard to see why: they are putting on large-scale races, spectacular special events and have come up with exciting solutions to some of the problems most
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Race review – inov-8 X-Talon 200: baptism of water

After the technical analysis (see here), it’s now time to put the X-Talon 200 through their paces. I’ve had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in those shoes, including a training run, a winter obstacle race (Polar Hero) and a summer OCR (Battlefrog), so let me tell you what I think. First,
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Technical analysis – inov-8 X-Talon 200: evolution or revolution ?

inov-8 is relatively unknown to the general public, but its products have long been favorites of the CrossFit and fell/trail running crowds. Their X-Talon range is at home on obstacle course race start lines. We’ve been anxiously awaiting the family’s newborn for a few months now; let’s see if the X-Talon 200 lives up to
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