Our Ambassador, Darren Grigas, updates us on his latest adventures “It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable” – Socrates The trouble with taking on and completing epic races of ridiculous proportions, is that it gets addictive, and each time you’ve
Matthew McClure Advance Performance Ambassador Matthew McClure is a SKINS ambassador through Advance Performance and has been a triathlete for 6 years, also competing in time trial racing. Matt’s latest update… I’ve had a busy race season travelling all over the country also into Europe watching my son and my dad racing. On the
Tell us what makes a great race goody bag and win a £25 voucher We want you to tell us what you think makes a great race goody bag? Tell us what your favourite goody bag of all time is and what was inside, for a chance to win a £25 Advance Performance voucher for
Advance Performance are once again in the running for a top award Advance Performance, are literally ‘in the running’ for a top award for Midlands family businesses. The specialist running and triathlon stores, are finalists in the Retail Excellence category of the Midlands Family Business Awards, the UK’s only independent, not-for-profit annual Awards showcase for
Watch our Runners Essential Stretches videos helping you #RunBetter every day Our Runners Essential Stretches vidoes are just a small part of the RunBetter solutions available in-store. They are provided by our qualified team who are here to help you be your personal best. Find out how you can RunBetter with Advance Performance. The RunBetter Runners Essential Stretches
Try AfterShokz headphones in-store We have AfterShokz headphones in-store and online, and now you can try before you buy in-store. Now you can hear the music AND the world around you with bone conducting AfterShokz wired and wireless earphones. Try them on, test them running on the treadmill. Check out the fit and great sound quality. Bone
We’re holding three Perkins Great Eastern Run half marathon sign up weekends in-store in July, August and September Sign up for the Perkins Great Eastern Run half marathon in-store at our sign-up weekends for a chance to win gait analysis and running shoes. PGER signup weekends Date: Sat & Sun 28/29 July 2018 Date: Sat &
From the day Advance Performance moved into it’s first ever store in 1999, set up its treadmills and introduced video gait analysis, the aim has always been to provide total athlete care … Now with addition of the brand new RunBetter solutions at Peterborough and Cambridge, the stores have taken another huge step towards achieving just that. Samantha Hale, Managing
Our Ambassador, Darren Grigas, updates us on his latest adventure Darren went to Outer Mongolia to tackle 100 miles on a frozen lake – Khövsgöl Nuur. What follows are his own words, with photographs and video. A few years ago, the idea of running 100 miles across a giant frozen lake in one of the
Matthew McClure Advance Performance Ambassador Matthew McClure is a SKINS ambassador through Advance Performance and has been a triathlete for 6 years, also competing in time trial racing. Matt’s latest update… I had a triathlon on Sunday 3 June at Tallington Lakes and won the event. It was a great race, well organised and
What is HIIT? How does this type of training transfer to running At Advance Performance when we carry out a gait analysis for a customer, part of our process involves asking the customer for details of other activities that they are currently doing. Increasingly, the reply to this question has included the term ‘HIIT Training’,
Running shoe lacing – 4 ways to tie your shoes Lacing techniques that can help if your running shoe feels a bit too tight because of a wide forefoot or you have a high instep, also if your heel is slipping, or if you suffer with black toenails. The photographs illustrate each lacing technique to help
Meet Darren Grigas who joins our team of Advance Performance Ambassadors In the last few years Darren has raced and trained over thousands of miles from family park runs to ultra, adventure and obstacle races, including the notorious Marathon des Sables and more recently the Intrepid Series. He’s also an ambassador for our chosen charity,
Thorlos socks in-store promotion – half price pair when you buy a second pair Half price pair at equal or lesser value. This offer will run until 31 May 2018 or while stocks last. Watch the Thorlos video to find out more about these great running socks
Announcing an exciting new partnership with Hotel Felix, Cambridge Inspired by the Cambridge Half Marathon we’ve teamed up to offer a fantastic Running Experience. Hotel Felix guests will enjoy a combination of traditional Victorian architecture with contemporary design. This is coupled with the very best of running advice, guidance and a host of running routes to