Trans-Alps, the final four days

Trans-Alps, the final four days

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...

TransAlpine Run – a gutsy day 4

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...

first report on TransAlps

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...
counting down…

counting down…

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...
alpine meadows and Ferrero Rocher ice cream

alpine meadows and Ferrero Rocher ice cream

From the cracking dry cold of the Sani Pass, Lesotho, to the sunny skies and lush alpine green of Ruhpolding, Germany, with a brief stopover in Cape Town to throw all our kit in the wash and say g’bye to loved ones, these past four days have been a whirlwind....