Team Salomon double at the Olla de Nuria
by Stephen Granger
Norwegian Stian Angermund bounced back to his best form to win the Golden Trail World Series opener at Olla de Nuria in the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain on Sunday (June 13, 2021).
Golden Trail Champion, Maude Mathys, made...
Trail running’s Golden Ticket
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a classic children's book by Roald Dahl, loved by children around the world, in large part due to the excitement created by a contest to win a “golden ticket” which would entitle the...
South African trail running reaches new heights after lockdown
Hayley Preen celebrates after posting the fastest Gone2Gone segment time. PHOTO: Pippa van den Berg
Record-breaking runs on the Gone2Gone 21,6 km trail segment in Cape Town by leading trail athletes, Kane Reilly and Hayley Preen this week are indicative...
Elazzaoui chasing Golden Trail World Series podium position at DoloMyths in Italy
The DoloMyths Run will celebrate its 25th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday 25 July) as the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS) reaches the half-way mark following the season opener at Zegama in Spain in May and the Mont Blanc Marathon three weeks ago.
The already...
Golden Trail kicks off with tough Spaniard
Trail running turns golden this weekend with the running of the feared 21,5km Olla de Núria in the Spanish Pyrenees on Sunday.
After COVID cancellations of the 2020 Golden Trail World Series season and the planned 2021 opener at Zegama, the...
Golden trails lead to Madeira for season climax
It’s showtime for trail running as the world’s top marathon-distance trail athletes fly into Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese Island of Madeira, to take part in this week’s Golden Trail Series Grand Final at the Madeira Ocean&Trails® Stage...
Far from African shores: The Azores hosts Golden Trail Championship
The Azores islands in the north Atlantic are dramatic. From fishing villages to green pastures and hedgerows of blue hydrangeas, lake-filled volcanic calderas and terraced tea plantations, they offer an almost bewildering array of views and terrain. One island,...
Golden Trail Series 2021 Season preview
The recent launch of the 2021 Golden Trail World Series has cut through COVID uncertainty and created new year excitement amongst the world’s best trail athletes, who can look forward to another year of high quality competition in some...
Africans shine at the Golden Trail Championships
The origins of trail running - a sport dominated by European and American runners - is contended territory. Did the sport start with a challenge between three runners over a mountain in the San Francisco area, or with a...
The Otter African Trail Run bags new sponsor, “ideal partner” in Emperor.
The Otter African Trail Run, long regarded as South Africa’s premier marathon-distance trail race, has moved up a gear with the announcement that Emperor Asset Management has signed as the event’s presenting sponsor, with ‘The Otter’ set to be...