Peu importe ton niveau d’expérience en trail, tu as probablement un temps limité pour t’entraîner. Même les trailers professionnels doivent presque toujours équilibrer leur entraînement avec un emploi à temps bien rempli. Ainsi, puisque ton temps est précieux, tu devrais tirer le meilleur parti de chaque minute de tes séances d’entraînement en trail. Alors, quel est le meilleur moyen de savoir si une séance d’entraînement est efficace ? Notre réponse : en prêtant attention à ton niveau d’effort perçu à l’entraînement. Chez Vert.run, nous appelons cela RPE ou “Échelle d’Effort Perçu”. L’Ef ..read more

¿Cuántos corredores se inscriben en una carrera, se dicen que van a empezar a entrenar más tarde y terminan apurando la preparación cuando se dan cuenta de que se está acabando el tiempo…? Tal vez te haya pasado a ti o a alguno de tus amigos cercanos. El problema es que no tienes tiempo para construir una base sólida que te permita absorber el entrenamiento más específico. Puedes terminar lesionado, sobreentrenado y ni siquiera llegar a la línea de salida de tu carrera. En un programa de entrenamiento periodizado, la fase de construir una buena base está diseñada para desarrollar tu capacida ..read more

How many of us sign up for a race at the beginning of the season, tell ourselves we’ll start training later….and then end up rushing our training when we realize they’re running out of time? Or jumping into the race with little to no prep because we think the distance “isn’t a big deal,” but then end up injured afterwards or later on in the season? Let’s be honest–that’s happened to us here at Vert.run, and it’s probably happened to you or one of your friends.  (Let me introduce myself quickly–my name is Constant, and I’m a Vert.run Coach. I live in Annecy, France–right where the Alps s ..read more

Dans ce guide d’entraînement ultime pour préparer un trail de 50km, Moi Jimenez–Co-fondateur de Vert.run et athlète professionnel pour The North Face, va te guider d’étape en étape, du choix de ta course à la ligne d’arrivée. Pourquoi on court en trail ?  Quand on y pense vraiment, ça revient à une chose : Parce que le trail et la course à pied sont la manière la plus simple de se déplacer sur n’importe quel type de terrain.  C’est dans nos gènes–nos ancêtres avaient à chasser pour pouvoir se nourrir, donc nous sommes faits pour parcourir de longues distances. Pas nécessairement pou ..read more

As a runner, the first thing I searched online after knowing I am pregnant was stories of women who continued running during their pregnancy or did even more. I was not only googling for runners who worked out, but also those who did  races. But there is not too much related content online. Yet, I still found hugely encouraging stories which gave me extra courage to continue running on a daily basis and joining virtual races until today, even though I am 6 months pregnant.  The fact that this is my second time experiencing running during pregnancy also helps. I am driven by my curi ..read more

Since March 2020, most of the races got canceled and we all had to find new ways to challenge ourselves. While summer passed by with various kinds of virtual challenges, autumn started with a new kind of virtual race where the local running community has found its strength. These races are not only tailor-made in ‘COVID times’, but also suitable for runners during pregnancy.   Differs from international virtual races where participates only need the complete the distance and elevation regardless where they live, this new way of racing usually gives you a one-month window to compl ..read more

As anticipated by Jenna, who has translated my previous writing in Chinese, we will continue to write on issues related to female runners who are mothers, or pregnant but still keep moving along the trails… This time I have to start with a confession. I am currently in the fifth month of my second pregnancy with a due date at the end of April. Indeed, the current circumstances made clear the direction of our upcoming writings: we will write on my running journey during these upcoming months. Besides this, we will also write about some amazing women who with their running achievements chall ..read more

There is never a good time to be pregnant as we are always busy. Your calendar will be full for 9 months and for a few more if you breastfeed. When you are a trail runner, which requires years of training before you see results, you might think it is all thrown out the window when your body changes due to pregnancy. As well, your schedule is filled up with new duties and responsibilities. This article is about how you can still make it and incorporate the new skills you have learned as a mom into your running. Once you are a mother, educating your child is one of your top priorities, and ..read more

We started Vert with one goal in mind: to make trail running accessible to everybody, everywhere.  Throughout the past four years since founding Vert.run, we’ve been working hard towards this mission. Through Vert.run, we’ve unlocked access to trail running for over 80,000 people from over 100 countries with our free training programs for beginners, affordable coaching and technology in the Vert.run App.  By working with races around the world–like the Skyrunner® World Series–we know that we’ll be able to bring the joy of finishing a race and safely achieving their goal to thousan ..read more

We started Vert.run with one goal in mind: to make trail running accessible to everybody, everywhere.  Throughout the past four years since founding Vert.run, we’ve been working hard towards this mission. Through Vert.run, we’ve unlocked access to trail running for over 85,000 people from over 100 countries with our free training programs for beginners, affordable coaching and technology in the Vert.run App.  By working with races around the world–like the UTMB® Mont Blanc, and 14 other races in the series–we know that we’ll be able to bring the joy of finishing a race and safely ..read more