More success Written on September 15, 2008, by admin.

With the end of a long mountain season drawing near its sometimes hard for athletes at the top of their sport to keep motivated and keep their form. Luckily the members of Team Saab Salomon have no such problems, and seem to be getting stronger the longer the season goes on. All members have chipped [...]

Second place in the USA Written on September 2, 2008, by admin.

Following six days of tough running through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Andy Symonds and Tom Owens of Team Saab Salomon took an incredible second place in the Trans Rockies Run – despite the injury that Tom has been suffering since the Mountain X race in July. The last two days were particularly tough with [...]

TransRockies – The End. Written on August 31, 2008, by admin.

After six tough days of running through the Rocky Mountains Tom and I completed the final 21 mile circuit (4,600ft climbing) from Vail to Beaver Creek yesterday, finishing the stage in second and securing second place overall. The final day was particularly tough as it was the first time we’d done 3-hour runs back to [...]

Double Silver at World Champs Written on May 1, 2008, by admin.

Saab Salomon athletes have taken 2 silver medals at the World Mountain Running Long Course championships in Yorkshire at the end of April. Team newcomer Tom Owens was the big shock of the weekend as he stormed his way through the field to finish a fantastic second, narrowly beaten by only 30 seconds over the [...]

Great start to the season Written on April 26, 2007, by admin.

This weekend saw a fantastic start to the 2007 race season for the Saab Salomon team. New team member, the 2006 British Fell Running Champion Natalie White took victory at the English Championship ‘Paddy’s Pole’ in Lancashire, while further North Ben Bardsley and Angela Mudge took the honours at the Lakeland Classic ‘The Anniversary Waltz’, [...]

Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships Written on July 17, 2006, by admin.

Joensuu, Finland, 9th-14th July 2006 This time last week I was basking in the sunshine of Finland, knowing I had a rest day ahead of me, and that I had just produced a really strong clean ride in the Middle Distance Final. The MTBO World Championships take place every year, and this year, the 4th [...]

Raid Series Western Australia, Day 2 Written on March 18, 2006, by admin.

It was already hot when we started the first short (14km) running leg. After a while we got onto the Cape to Cape trail, and this trail was to become the bane of our lives for the next two days (well except Phil who was immune to the heat). The Cape to Cape wound its [...]

Raid Series Western Australia Day 1 Written on March 17, 2006, by admin.

Getting off the plane in Perth on Wednesday 15th March, the 35° heat struck us initially as a welcome relief from the falling snow back home in Blighty. The relief was short-lived, as the awful realisation dawned that we would have to run in this furnace within a few days. Naturally we were all well [...]

Tom is Ace Series Winner Written on October 10, 2005, by admin.

Tom Gibbs got the victory at the last of the two day Ace race series and became the overall champion for the 2005 series. Tom has led throughout the series and this last win at Exmoor puts not only as this year’s champion but still in the lead in the all-time career table. For full [...]