• 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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13 Peaks Challenge (solo) FKT
Posted On 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 the challenge. And if it involves […]

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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 felt 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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Cederberg Traverse 100km
19th Oct 2018

    Anyone who’s done one of Trevor (Curve)Ball’s events knows he loves throwing surprises at runners. His events (Two Oceans Trail Run, The Beast, The Bastille Trail Run, Table Mountain Challenge …


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One Run. One Life
5th Oct 2018

~ when the cause is way bigger than the race ~   Taking on a tough challenge for a needy cause is always fantastic – not only is it altruistic, but it …

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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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