by Linda Doke | 16 Sep 2010 | All Articles
“Fatigue is inevitable. Managing fatigue is a skill that may take years to learn, but it’s what makes the difference between a good runner and a great runner, whatever your speed.” Lindsay Weight It’s a question I’ve often been asked – both in the preparation for and...
by Linda Doke | 13 Sep 2010 | All Articles
Apologies everyone, I really wanted to be able to update my blog regularly and give you daily updates throughout our race, but alas, connectivity was almost as challenging as each of the 8 stages so I had to let it slip. Now here I am, two days after Ryan and I...
by Linda Doke | 7 Sep 2010 | All Articles
Today was Day Four of the TransAlpine Run (43.9km, from Neukirchen, Austria to Prettau, Italy) and although 3km shorter than yesterday’s stage, it took us just as long. It wasn’t so much the profile that was to blame for that, although it was indeed tough...
by Linda Doke | 6 Sep 2010 | All Articles
Three days done & dusted of the TransAlpine Run for Team Salomon / Velocity Sports Lab. Five days to go..! 116km km in the bag, and just 189.6km to go! (ok, it’s far too early to be looking at how many km’s to go – bite size chunks, bite...
by Linda Doke | 3 Sep 2010 | All Articles
2010 Stage 1: Ruhpolding (GER) – St. Ulrich im Pillerseetal (AUT) Start: 11:00am Vertical distance: 1223m ascent, 1034m descent Horizontal distance:...
by Linda Doke | 3 Sep 2010 | All Articles
Finally Ruhpolding’s busying up – the town’s a-buzz with trail runners, most sporting Salomon kit from head to toe. (These Europeans know the best brand!) And Team Salomon/Velocity Sports Lab has its very own fan club present: today the founder of...
