Imagining the American Civil War veteran and pastor Winfield Scott wandering through Arizona’s broad Salt River Valley in early 1888 requires a leap of imagination. After establishing churches in Kansas … Read more

The 70,000 residents of Greenville, South Carolina enjoy some of the best is full of quality running and cycling routes, and attractive coffee shops. Located 70 miles south of Asheville … Read more

Highly ranked in quality of life indexes, Asheville represents North Carolina with an abundant scene for Southern cuisine, culture and outdoors. Winter attracts ski tourists, the summer is great for … Read more

Savannah, known to many because of its rich US history or movies like Forrest Gump, also offers a great destination for training purposes. If you’re one of those athletes, who … Read more

If you asked different people what Atlanta was known for, you would probably get as many answers as people you asked. Some would say Atlanta is known for its rich … Read more

America’s latest boom town is home to a vaulted property, once a Presbyterian church and now a striking hotel with social conscience intact – The Russell in Nashville, Tennessee. While … Read more

Now add to the list of recent hospitality trials a recent opening – Bristol’s Artist Residence hotel. Even before the Covid pandemic was in sight, the latest outpost from the … Read more

Nestled between two harbours, New Zealand’s largest city spans from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea – the reason Auckland is dubbed the “City of Sails.” With pristine ocean … Read more

The high altitude town of Boulder, Colorado is home to a community of elite and world-class, pulled to this patch north of Denver for its access to training. Mountainous landscape … Read more

As the second-largest German speaking city and former centre of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Vienna’s urban landscape is iconic. Freud, Beethoven and Mozart called the city home, streets composed of Baroque … Read more

As the sporting capital of Australia and a world-class arts and dining precinct, Melbourne pretty much has it all. Now home to five million people, Melbourne is a sprawling metropolis … Read more

The heaving traffic of Bangkok signposts the pulse of a growing country, with the swelling ranks of the middle-class helping to fuel a vibrant city. Traffic may been continuous and … Read more

Though the rise of surfing in San Diego predates triathlon, the marriage works well with a shared interest in this last slab of the American south-west. San Diego’s mid-century growth … Read more

Since becoming the first city to host triathlon in the Olympic games back in 2000, Sydney has continued to update its world-class facilities for endurance athletes. The City of Sydney … Read more

One of Zimbabwe’s authentic, post-colonial architectural projects has been Lodge at the Ancient City, completed in the 1990s to emulate the brickwork and dimensions of the nearby ruins, known as … Read more

A sprawling megacity that stretches as far as the eye can see, Tokyo is unrivalled in its size and diversity. The city is the beating heart of Japan, and a … Read more

Every now and again, restoration projects transform a place enough to convert it into a destination and draw a crowd. The Pig hotels have done that with their renovations of … Read more

Renaissance culture-vulture-athletes can easily justify a sequence of nights in Florence, tucking into the surrounding hills between the city’s food, wine and architecture. As a stepping stone between Rome, one … Read more

The adoption of a single European currency led to the rapid growth of tourism in Portugal. Undesirable Brits were quick to make their way to the beaches of the Algarve, … Read more

The thought of living and training at 2,200m above-sea-level might not appeal to every endurance athlete, but those visiting Mexico City even for a short time should make the most … Read more