by Linda Doke | 21 Sep 2015 | All Articles
We’re now into summer and we’re not the only ones out there enjoying the trails – here in southern Africa there’re a few more “obstacles” to be hoppin’ over and around than just rocks… Snakes are ectothermic (cold blooded). This doesn’t actually mean they have cold...
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 | 28 May 2015 | All Articles, Featured Races
“What is man without the beasts? For if all the beasts were gone, man would die of a great loneliness of the spirit.” These wise words were uttered way back in the mid 1800s by a rather astute Native American chap named Chief Seattle. We must presume, of...
by Linda Doke | 19 Apr 2015 | All Articles, Featured Races
If you know the why, the how takes care of itself. Well, that’s not altogether true – it omits to mention the tremendous amount of planning and preparation that goes into ensuring that the how happens. That ‘small point’ aside, I wholeheartedly believe...
by Linda Doke | 18 Mar 2015 | All Articles
This is a blog I’ve looked forward to writing for more than two years – ever since I first mustered up the courage in January 2013 to ask Ryno Griesel whether he’d be interested in teaming up for a mixed record attempt of the Drakensberg Grand Traverse. His response...
by Linda Doke | 15 Feb 2015 | All Articles, Featured Races
“Trail running is a dangerous sport, and ultra trail running is the extreme version of it, because the nature of the playground is wild and sometimes, like here in the Rann, quite inhospitable.” These are the words of Gaël Couturier, race director of Run...
