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Punta Roca Pauses: Quarterfinals Set as El Salvador Pro Takes a Lay Day
A lay day called Thursday at Punta Roca puts the Surf City El Salvador Pro on hold with the quarterfinal draw fully set — Medina through after beating Robinson, Ferreira advancing injured, and the women's bracket producing four loaded matchups before Friday's 6:30 a.m. CST competition call.
By ZealZag TeamGirona, Catalonia: Why Professional Cycling's Favourite Training Hub Works for Every Visiting Athlete
Girona is a medieval Catalan city 100 kilometres from Barcelona where dozens of professional WorldTour cyclists have based themselves for over two decades. The infrastructure built around that community — roads, climbs, service, cafés — is now available to any visiting athlete. Here is how it actually works.
By ZealZag TeamBuilding Heat Tolerance for Long-Course Triathlon: What the Adaptation Actually Involves
Hot-weather long-course triathlon — Ironman Kona, T100 Singapore, Ironman Frankfurt in June — demands preparation beyond generic fitness. Heat acclimatisation is a specific physiological process with a known timeline and trainable methods. Here is what it actually does and how to build it.
By ZealZag TeamRunning Oslo: Nordmarka, Bislett, and the Home of Scandinavian Athletics
Oslo has a track with a world-record history, a 2,700-square-kilometre forest starting inside the city limits, a September marathon, and a running culture so embedded in the national fabric that a rest day from training is regarded with mild suspicion. A practical guide for destination runners visiting Bislett Games week and beyond.
By ZealZag TeamAlfred Takes the 100m as Bislett Delivers: Oslo Diamond League 2026 Recap
Julien Alfred won the women's 100 metres at the 2026 Bislett Games as the Diamond League's sixth stop lit up Oslo's historic oval — a night that also featured Karsten Warholm's first 400m hurdles race of the season at home and Gout Gout's senior Diamond League debut in the 200m against Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo.
By ZealZag TeamCycling the Forez: Pierre-sur-Haute, Montrond, and the Volcanic Plateau's Quietest Edge
Between the Auvergne volcanoes and the Loire plain sits the Forez massif — a forgotten cycling region whose highest point reaches 1,634 metres, whose secondary roads carry almost no traffic, and whose Stage 4 finish town Montrond-les-Bains offers thermal recovery infrastructure that no alpine base can match.
By ZealZag TeamTwelve Seconds: Baudin and EF Roll Yellow Into Stage 4 at Montrond-les-Bains
Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) carries a twelve-second yellow jersey lead into Stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes today — a 167.5-kilometre transition stage from Le Puy-en-Velay into the Loire plain, with Vauquelin, Onley, and Jorgenson sitting just behind and Stage 5's first summit finish waiting tomorrow.
By ZealZag TeamBuilding Your First Trad Rack: What Every Piece of Gear Actually Does
Trad climbing gear is expensive and the vocabulary around it is technical enough to obscure a simple underlying logic: you are placing removable protection in cracks and using it to arrest a fall. Understanding what each category of gear does — mechanically, and in practice on real rock — before you spend anything is worth more than any single product recommendation.
By ZealZag TeamHow the Vendée Globe Became Solo Sailing's Most Important Race
The Vendée Globe is a solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the Earth: approximately 45,000 kilometres through the North Atlantic, the Southern Ocean, and back. No crew, no pit stops, no outside help. It has run every four years since 1989 and has reshaped what competitive sailing looks like — in boat design, in public attention, and in what the sport asks of its athletes.
By ZealZag TeamFinale Ligure: Italy's Mountain Bike Enduro Capital
Finale Ligure sits where the Apennines meet the Ligurian coast, 70 kilometres west of Genoa. Behind the medieval hilltop village, 800 kilometres of signed trails cross the limestone karst plateau above the sea — the terrain that has made Finale one of the world's most respected enduro destinations and a repeated stop on the UCI Enduro MTB World Cup calendar.
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Race the Route: Running Trail 100 Andorra's 105K Pyrenean Circuit
Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB sends 105K runners through every parish of a micro-nation built from mountains. A practical guide to the Ultra 105K course, logistics, gear, and what makes the Andorran Pyrenees worth the journey.
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Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB 2026: 6,900m Into the Pyrenean Roof
Four days before the Ultra 105K gun goes off at Ordino, Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB is already generating the quiet intensity of a race that knows exactly what it is: 105 kilometres and 6,900 metres through the highest country in the Pyrenees.
By ZealZag TeamPunta Roca: How El Salvador's Right-Hand Point Actually Works
Punta Roca in La Libertad is the WSL Championship Tour's most technically distinct right-hand point — a cobblestone-bottom break with three distinct sections, a swell window aligned to the Southern Pacific, and a performance ceiling that shows itself only when the conditions match. A guide for surfers who travel to compete.
By ZealZag TeamMignot Beats the World Champion on the Best Swell of the Week
On Day 4 of the El Salvador Pro, French-Mexican rookie Marco Mignot produced another Punta Roca buzzer-beater — this time over reigning world champion Yago Dora — as the swell climbed toward its biggest pulse of the event window. Day 5 brings the quarterfinals with the forecast in the eight-to-ten-foot range.
By ZealZag TeamCycling the Loire Roannais: The TTT Circuit and the Roads Beyond Perreux
The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Stage 3 TTT runs a 28.4km circuit through the Loire Roannais — a stretch of rolling farmland and forested foothills between Roanne and Charlieu that rarely appears on any race route. A practical cycling guide to the area, from the TTT circuit itself to the Pilat Massif climbs one valley east.
By ZealZag TeamYellow on the Clock: Alex Baudin's EF Squad Faces the TTT at Perreux
Stage 3 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a 28.4-kilometre team time trial circuit in the Loire Roannais — the first direct GC test of the race, a Tour de France dress rehearsal, and the day EF Education-EasyPost must defend Alex Baudin's thirty-two-second yellow jersey against Visma, UAE, INEOS, and Decathlon.
By ZealZag TeamFlying to Race: The Practical Logistics of Competing in an International Marathon
Racing a major marathon abroad involves a specific set of logistics that catch first-time international runners off guard: mandatory in-person bib collection, road closures before dawn, jet lag on a sub-3-hour schedule, and post-race flights that are much tighter than they look. Here's the operational reality.
By ZealZag TeamIndoor to Outdoor: How to Prepare for Your First Sport Climbing Season on Real Rock
Climbers who move fluidly on 6b+ plastic regularly find themselves gripped and uncertain on 6a limestone. This is not a fitness problem. The gap between indoor and outdoor climbing is technical and psychological — and it responds to specific preparation before your first crag season.
By ZealZag TeamHossegor and the Landes Coast: Europe's Beach Break Capital for Traveling Surfers
The Landes coast runs 130 kilometres of near-uninterrupted beach break from the Gironde estuary south to the Basque border. Hossegor sits at its centre, above a submarine canyon that focuses Atlantic swell into waves of unusual power for a sand-bottom break. The WSL Championship Tour comes here every autumn for a reason.
By ZealZag TeamMountain Biking for Footballers: The Off-Season Sport That Trains the Right Energy System
Mountain biking and gravel cycling deliver the variable-intensity energy demand that competitive soccer requires — without the injury risk of running. The case for adding a mountain bike to a footballer's off-season schedule, and where to ride.
By ZealZag TeamThe Climbing Wall as a Soccer Player's Off-Season Weapon
Sport climbing trains grip strength, core stability, and lower-body proprioception in patterns no soccer-specific exercise replicates. The most under-rated cross-training sport for footballers — what it builds, why it matters, and where to start.
By ZealZag TeamWhat Soccer Players Find in Open Water: A Swimming Cross-Training Guide for Footballers
Open-water swimming trains the breath control, posterior chain, and cold tolerance that competitive soccer leaves underdeveloped. A guide for footballers who can't or won't swim yet — and for those rehabbing an injury that won't let them run.
By ZealZag TeamWhy Footballers Get Faster on a Bike: A Road Cycling Off-Season Guide for Soccer Players
Top clubs use cycling for active recovery between matches because it builds aerobic base without joint load. A road cycling off-season guide for soccer players — the zones to train, the volumes to target, and the cycling destinations that work for a focused two-week trip.
By ZealZag TeamFrom the Pitch to the Trail: A Trail Running Off-Season for Soccer Players
Trail running rebuilds the ankle stability, single-leg control, and aerobic base that a competitive soccer season erodes. A 4-week off-season program for footballers — what trail running trains, why it works, and where to do it.
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