by Linda Doke | 13 Aug 2015 | All Articles
Trail running has taken the running world by storm over the past decade, and South Africa’s no different. The sport has burgeoned at such a pace across Europe, the US, the UK, Australia and Asia, just as it has in our country, and the international calendar is ripe...
by Linda Doke | 3 Dec 2013 | All Articles
So there I was, on the start line of the Lesotho Ultra Trail (LUT), Africa’s first Ultra Skymarathon, 50km of gruelling, lung-busting technical trail in the Maloti mountains of Lesotho. This would be skyrunning at its best, throwing at us everything a skyrunning event...
by Linda Doke | 30 Oct 2013 | All Articles, Featured Races
Matroosberg Trail Challenge trophies, sculptured by Red Earth’s Eric Tollner Skyrunning in its official form has arrived in SA! Saturday saw an exciting milestone for trail running in SA with the staging of the country’s first South African...
by Linda Doke | 23 Oct 2013 | All Articles
Pic taken by moi of Talk Ultra’s Ian Corless running in the Alps above Zinal With just two days to go before South Africa’s first Skymarathon®, the Matroosberg Trail Challenge, and five weeks before Africa’s first Ultra Skymarathon®, the Lesotho Ultra...
by Linda Doke | 24 May 2013 | All Articles
Following the announcement of southern Africa’s first Ultra Skymarathon®, the Lesotho Ultra Trail (LUT), the South African Skyrunning Association is excited to announce its next sanctioned event, the Matroosberg Trail Challenge – a Skymarathon®, 36km of...
by Linda Doke | 15 Mar 2013 | All Articles
In August 2012 I posted a blog warning you trail junkies out there to get ready for the arrival of Skyrunning in South Africa (read that blog post here). Well, that time has come! The news is out. It’s official. 30th November, northern Lesotho. Carve the date in...