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...
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...