• About Linda Doke


    I’ve been running for about 26 years, always with a preference for long distance and ultras. Having been a roadie for the first decade, I have my fair share of Comrades and Two Oceans ultras under my belt, but I came to my senses when I moved to Cape Town 15 years ago and found trail. I’ve never looked back….


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Good sleep = good running
Posted On 26th Jun 2020

Sleep… it’s that beautiful sensory reset button that can fix just about anything and bring us to a whole new day. Regarded by the Dalai Lama as “the best meditation”, sleep has long been recognised as vital to our very […]

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The Rockhoppin’ Trail Guide to Bouncing Back (carefully) After Lockdown
2nd May 2020

Five weeks of lockdown has affected more than our wallets, our waistlines and our willingness to be indoors, it has also whacked our fitness. We’ve all been gagging for Friday …


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13 Peaks Challenge (solo) FKT
21st Aug 2019

Don’t we trail junkies all love a challenge! If a new route incorporates a combination of peaks to be bagged in a specific order within a time limit, trailsters are hungry to leap to …


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Vučko Trail 2019
12th Jul 2019

The dramatic drop-offs along the knife-sharp ridgeline of the mountain Visočica made the mountain feel higher than its +1850m Just over two decades ago, the destination of Bosnia was not on any …


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Ultra-Trail Vipava Valley 2019
9th Jun 2019

The picturesque Vipava valley, at the foot of the Julian Alps in Slovenia Craig and I are on a two-month Balkan adventure, exploring central and eastern Europe. Now, before too many …


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Oh to be as strong as… IRON
10th Dec 2018

...Iron-willed… ... strong as iron… “Gold has its uses, but war is won with iron” … George R.R. Martin – A Dance With Dragons There’re a host of expressions about iron, Fe, atomic …


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Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race
23rd Nov 2018

Recipe for a great Himalayan high ~ Toss a generous assortment of runners from the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, France, South Africa, Mexico and Singapore with a strong swig of adventure, …

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  • About Linda Doke


    I’ve been running for about 26 years, always with a preference for long distance and ultras. I confess, I was a roadie for the first decade, and have my fair share of Comrades and Two Oceans ultras under my belt, but I came to my senses when I moved to Cape Town 15 years ago and found trail. I’ve never looked back….

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