Ultra runner, Kim Cavill has completed some of the most gritty and well-loved ultra events on the UK and European circuit, from the Hardmoors Ultra Series to the Transvulcania (2017 highlights include taking first lady at the Hardmoors 55.) But she wasn’t always sporty. Here, the 36-year-old chia charge ambassador talks about her journey from sport-hating schoolgirl to accomplished ultra runner and coach.

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Ahead of the winter snow season, which kicks off imminently, a host of Britain’s top snow sport athletes are back in the UK for the Telegraph Ski and Snowboard Show at London’s Battersea Park (it runs until this Sunday 29 October – get your tickets here). I grabbed a chat with show regular, freestyle skier, halfpipe boss and 2018 Olympic medal hopeful, Rowan Cheshire.

If you’re into adventure and long-distance cycling, it’s pretty likely you’ve come across The Adventure Syndicate. Between them, this kickass group of female bike riders encompasses ultra-cyclists, record holders, former World Championship cyclists and round-the-world adventurers (hey, Sarah Outen). In other words, what they don’t know about cycling and adventure isn’t worth knowing.

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Five years after scooping her first Duathlon World Championship title in 2012, Felicity Sheedy-Ryan clinched the win in Canada this August to add two-time Duathlon World Champion to her CV (the talented Aussie multisport athlete also has several triathlon podiums under her belt this year).

As the off-season approaches, Felicity talks triathlon and duathlon training, must-have kit and stepping it up to 70.3.

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Sleep deprivation, mind games, freezing sea submersions and exhausting SAS-Style physical challenges. The Unknown is a brutal 36-hour test of fitness and mental resilience designed to push you to your limits. Here, 37-year-old Police Inspector, Georgie Newton, who has completed the Unknown twice, recalls just how deep you need to dig.

What does a day as a professional sports commentator look like? Rochelle Gilmore, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling Team owner and former professional cyclist, runs through her fast-paced day commentating the women’s race at the recent UCI Cycling World Championship in Bergen.

Warning: it’s hectic!

Adventure athlete Emma Timmis is no stranger to endurance feats, having been the first woman to run the 1500 mile length of South Africa’s Freedom Trail – the equivalent of running 57 marathons in 57 days (!) She’s also cycled 2000km from Manchester to the Dolomites in Italy on a touring bike, and run 2452 miles across Africa. Right now, however, the 33-year-old is more than 5705km into her challenge to ride an ElliptiGO (a seat-less elliptical bike) 8000km across Australia, solo and self-supported. With only a quarter of her journey left, she’s already broken the distance record.

I caught up with Emma on the phone the day before she left for Australia to chat adventures (she’s had a few), endurance and ultra running.

Whether you’re a wannabe runner, cyclist, or swimmer the chance to chat with an expert in your sporting field is a dream come true – especially when that expert is a sport scientist with the expertise to reveal how you can improve your performance, speed and energy conservation.

Regular readers may remember that I’m taking part in a case study for Wattbike’s new Pedalling Effectiveness Score (PES) function. Thanks to this, I was fortunate to have a cycling one-to-one with Dr Barney Wainwright, applied sport scientist and Research Fellow at Leeds Metropolitan University. Because the case study will document how improving my pedalling technique affects my performance on the bike, this session with Barney was essentially a lesson in the basics of cycling efficiency.

Here’s what I learned in just a few hours.

Jenna Randall is a former professional synchronised swimmer who represented Team GB at two Olympic Games. During her pro career, Jenna won three Commonwealth Games silver medals before retiring as an athlete in 2013. Almost immediately she won a part in ‘O’, the water-themed stage production by Cirque Du Soleil, which runs permanently from the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.

Here, Jenna gives us an insider look at what life as an aquatic performer entails…

Obstacle course racer turned endurance athlete, Laura Try, was part of a team of four who rowed 1800 miles around Great Britain in June. Here, the 35-year-old talks about her rowing experience, her training, and the logistics of living on a boat measuring 8.6m x 1.6m for 56 days.