THE ADVENTURE ZONE

You’ve trained, you’ve got your nutrition and hydration sorted, you’ve bought more pairs of shoes than you probably needed to try, and you. are. ready. But… there’s one mistake about 90% of runners, especially trail runners, make on race day.

As you can probably imagine, here at ioMerino, we get asked to support all sorts of people and adventures. When David from The Long Run reached out and let us know what he was up to, he had us at 'hello'.

We were all pretty interested when we saw what we’ll call ‘The Whistler Fiasco’ erupt. Unsurprisingly, or actually, maybe a little surprisingly, chaos ensued. 

You might only be one person, but together we’re a force to reckoned with.

Morgan tells us how he got into adventure racing (spoiler alert: his first race did not go well!), what he loves about it, why he’s putting on his own race and what you need to know if you’re keen to try it.

We are merino people. We love natural stuff. We hate synthetics. They’re stinky. So why did we make tops that are half synthetic? We’re glad you asked.

We really love running. But you know what we don’t really like? The cold. Lucky for us, we don’t have to worry about it because our io takes care of that. Our natural, lightweight, breathable layers are absolutely perfect for cold weather running.

This month we caught up with Ben C, adventure racer and part of the BMX Bandits adventure racing team, to find out what he’d been up to lately. 

Outsider Sputnik loves all things nature, and in the past few months they've been off doing his thing in Cambodia, Australia’s Limestone Coast and Outback Australia.

Jodie headed back to do the world-famous 300+km Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail all over again! This time, she didn’t just go with friends, she decide to go with io and not gonna lie, we’re kind of jealous she didn’t actually take us with her because… wow!

If you want to stay comfortable for longer when it’s somewhere in between hot and cold, we’ve got the perfect ‘in between’ suggestions for you to go with.

Race season is kicking off. And with any luck, this year we’ll have a bunch of actual races. In the real world. With other people. Boom! So it’s time to get ready to go.

The Ultra Zip has the best all around fit for comfort, function, performance and durability that I have found when compared to other brands and styles of wool tops.