by Linda Doke | 29 Oct 2021 | All Articles
I was running in Salomons long before I became sponsored by the brand in 2008. So, let me put this out there straight up: I’m biased. There’re many, many reasons I believe Salomon is the best trail brand out there. But that’s not what I’m here to chat about on this...
by Linda Doke | 13 Feb 2018 | All Articles, Favourite Photographers
“Our time there taught us some simple lessons that we often forget in the rush of life…” I first meet Andrew King – aka “GI” for rather complicated reasons that will be explained – in 2013, when a group of us went to play in the snowy cliffs of the...
by Linda Doke | 18 Dec 2017 | All Articles, Favourite Photographers
Great photographs capture moments that are gone forever, impossible to reproduce. There’re a myriad sports photographers out there, clicking away during races, but very few have the raw talent to capture more than just action, to take photos that really grab...
by Linda Doke | 28 Aug 2014 | All Articles, Featured Races
Never again, I had said, never again. That was back in 2007, after my second Tuffer Puffer. Somehow, over the seven years since, I had forgotten I’d said that. I guess I can blame my short memory partly on time’s ability to morph naivety into reality, and...
by Linda Doke | 20 Jul 2014 | All Articles, Featured Races
First, some history about running the Fish River Canyon… The Fish River Canyon is the second largest canyon in the world, surpassed only by the Grand Canyon in Colorado, USA. Located in the south of Namibia, the canyon is stark, rugged, magnificently desolate...
by Linda Doke | 24 Jun 2014 | All Articles, Athlete Interviews
It’s time for Rockhoppin’ Trail’s Trail Hero of the Month. No more appropriate a time for Thabang Madiba, this month crowned South African Trail Champion (long distance), for the second year running. He blitzed the 38km SA long distance champs...
