by Linda Doke | 30 Oct 2013 | All Articles, Featured Races
Matroosberg Trail Challenge trophies, sculptured by Red Earth’s Eric Tollner Skyrunning in its official form has arrived in SA! Saturday saw an exciting milestone for trail running in SA with the staging of the country’s first South African...
by Linda Doke | 17 Aug 2013 | All Articles, Featured Races
Take 300 well-seasoned runners from +50 countries, equip them with packs weighing between 7 and 13kg, each containing -5ºC sleeping bags, sleeping mats, medical kit, mandatory gear, and enough freeze-dried food, powders, bars and gels to live off for one very hungry...
by Linda Doke | 28 Jul 2013 | All Articles, Featured Races
Stevie’s finish sprint on Hout Bay beach For those of you who aren’t Latin boffs: she came, she (very briefly) saw, she conquered the Hout Bay Trail Challenge 2013 – in style and with a smile! That’s Stevie Kremer through and through – an incredibly talented...
by Linda Doke | 12 Jul 2013 | All Articles, Featured Races
On Saturday 6 July, the South African ultra distance team of seven trail runners took on reputedly the world’s best in the World Ultra Trail Championships in Wales. More than 150 runners from 20 countries started the 78km race, a course of five 15km laps set in the...
by Linda Doke | 24 Apr 2013 | All Articles, Featured Races
Lesotho (from the Wikipedia definition): the Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked country, completely surrounded by South Africa. About 40% of the population live by the international poverty line of US$1.25/day. Over 80% of the country lies above 1,800m and...
by Linda Doke | 13 Aug 2012 | All Articles, Featured Races
The 39th running of the iconic Sierre-Zinal yesterday was a fantastic experience, and it was an exciting privilege to be a part of it. And, crazy as it sounds, to be the first South African ever to do the race! As I’d been warned, the route was a real leg...
