by Linda Doke | 1 Jan 2011 | All Articles
It’s a strange phenomenon, New Year. In our culture we’re programmed to see it as a new start, a time to reflect, look ahead and set goals for the next 12 months. And yet Jan 1st is really no different from any other of the 364 days in our western calendar. Logically...
by Linda Doke | 29 Dec 2010 | All Articles
The start line of Coast to Kosci 2010 Apologies: delayed Rockhoppin’ update on the C2K due to festive season slow-down 🙂 Marie achieved her third Coast to Kosci, finishing as 4th woman and 11th overall in a blistering time of 37:28. Seven of the 38 competitors...
by Linda Doke | 10 Dec 2010 | All Articles
In case anyone’s wondering, I’m not the only nutter in my family. There’re actually two of us. My sister-in-law, Marie, is a complete and utter, dyed in the wool, pedigreed Nutter of Note. There’s almost no running challenge that scares her, no distance that makes her...
by Linda Doke | 16 Nov 2010 | All Articles
One hundred and forty-eight trail runners touched the sky this weekend in the 13th running of the Sky Run. But two runners did more than that: Ian Don Wauchope and Tatum “Hobbit” Prins carved their names across the night sky by blitzing the race in true champion style...
by Linda Doke | 28 Oct 2010 | All Articles
Hello. Apologies for the October silence – let’s just say it was so good to be back in the beautiful Cape after six weeks away that the thought of tapping away at a keyboard featured fairly low on my list of things to do. I’ve been back nearly four weeks now, long...
by Linda Doke | 27 Sep 2010 | All Articles
After a couple of weeks of very welcome R&R in Italy, Germany and (still) the UK, it’s time for one final Trans-Alpine post: a somewhat belated but very heartfelt thank-you to my sponsors. Salomon and Velocity Sports Lab, you’re the greatest...
