Uphill Battles and Breakdown Beats: Trail Running to a Different Rhythm
The dirt path stretches ahead, a ribbon winding through the trees, my heart is pounding, breath comes in ragged gasps, and the only sound louder than my own exertion is...
The Logbook
Music: A Performance Enhancer
It seems fraudulent to be writing this when it's been over a year now since I've trained with music in my ears. I made the decision to remove it from...
Motivation's Many Face's
Sitting and writing this feels strange...motivation is definitely something very personal, I love how we’re all different, and it always interests me as to what get's people going. I guess I’m one...
Find Your Tribe
I've lived in London all my life, but I never considered joining a run club or hanging out with a group of runners. I happily trained on my own doing...
We've Come a Long Way
Nearly two years on from Ponnek's official launch, founder Sam Downing, teams up with good friend and now longtime collaborator, Will Harper-Penrose, to reflect on the past 24 months and...
Kernow, by land or sea
(cornish) Ponnek [ponn-eck] (english) Dusty ‘Mordarha’ ; to ride a wave (Cornish) ‘Ponya’ ; to run (Cornish) Cornwall and surfing go hand in hand. Our picture perfect coastline fuels...
Peak Divide ONER
The Peak Divide is not a race, and rather than the typically menacing descriptors found on most race run websites...you find ‘ultra fun’, ‘mega-feed-stops’, and other details welcoming you to...
There Will Always Be More
‘Leave it Better’, the Ponnek eco-manifesto, is actioned in part by brand co-owners Scarlet and Sam’s continued plogging events along Cornwall’s coastline. Plogging is a portmanteau of the Swedish term...
The NAW Peak Challenge
PONNEK X MANCAVE INC. The NAW Peak Cap see's Ponnek join forces with Sheffield based men's cosmetic's and muscle treatment brand ManCave. NAW - North and West. Mancave - The...
Running The Highlands
Living in the highlands of Scotland, just outside of Inverness means I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by some of the best scenery in the UK. My favourite place to...
Tuesday Club
It’s Sunday evening and the inevitable message pings up on WhatsApp from Daz to the ever-growing group, informing us all of the forthcoming Tuesday route. Always a Tuesday, always 10km and...
Chamonix Training Camp
Work hard and play hard doesn’t have to be a cliché. After working at a wedding in France I took the opportunity to visit Chamonix; which is regarded as the...