~ musings and meanderings
about all things trail ~
Rockhoppin’ Trail
about Linda Doke
Three decades (plus) of ultra-distance running began with a chunk of years on tar (incl 10 Comrades, 16 Two Oceans) and followed with more than 25 years of trail, racing through canyons, on beaches, deserts, islands, glaciers, salt flats, over mountains, escarpments and peaks. Nine years ago I began coaching, passing on the ultra-running lessons I’ve learned to help others seeking to reach beyond their comfort zones discover their full potential.
my incredible SiL
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...
Sky Run 2010
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...
Single Trouble and aiming for the Sky
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...
still R&R’ing, but a BIG thanks
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 - without...
Running with The Machine
“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...
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 (we climbed...
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 size chunks...)...
Route description of Stage 1 – copied from website
2010 Stage 1: Ruhpolding (GER) – St. Ulrich im Pillerseetal (AUT) Start: 11:00am Vertical distance: 1223m ascent, 1034m descent Horizontal distance:...
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 GoTrail, James...
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