Top world ultra runners confirm attendance at Ultra-Trail Cape Town
By Stephen Granger
Two of the world’s finest ultra-trail athletes will be racing on Table Mountain trails at the end of the year in the Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100km, as the event continues to grow in stature and prestige as...
World’s trail athletes gather in the Mother City for RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town
by Stephen Granger
RMB Ultra Trail Cape Town (UTCT) celebrates its 10th anniversary this weekend, with athletes from almost fifty countries preparing to race one of six races on offer in Africa’s leading trail event.
One of ten World Trail Majors...
A Golden Championship… The Azores 2020 Trail Run is a wrap.
Had last week’s Golden Trail Championship (GTC) been a four-day cricket test, the match would have been abandoned without a ball being bowled. Trail athletes, however, embrace wild and elemental and the four-day stage race on the Azores Island...
Top US trail athletes eye Africa
Two American athletes who enjoyed outstanding success at the recent Golden Trail Championship on the Island of Faial in The Azores may soon be racing on the African continent.
Jim Walmsley and Rachel Drake arrived in The Azores with formidable...
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...
Cape storm backdrop for Golden Ticket opening
Gale force winds and giant waves battered the Mother City on Monday (July 13), providing a powerful setting for one of the most anticipated trail running events on the sub-continent - the official opening of the South African ‘Golden...
“Mountain Abandoned” in Snowdonia, Wales, for top ultra-trail athlete Griffioen
by Stephen Granger
Leading South African ultra-distance athlete, Nicolette Griffioen, was a star-performer in the Ultra-trail Snowdonia, which took place in the highlands of north Wales earlier this month, although the forced cancellation of the 100-mile race (UTS 165) through...
The Voice of Running calls time on the mic
For over fifty years, road and cross-country runners in the Western Cape have enjoyed the distinctive tone of Harold Berman’s voice, calling late-comers to quickly register and hasten to the start line, sending the field on their way before...
Sandes to take on UTD
Madeira’s loss is South Africa’s gain in ultra-distance trail running this month. Trail super-star Ryan Sandes, who had planned to run the Ultra-trail Madeira on the Portuguese island this month, has opted instead to race locally.
Sandes was to have...
Breaking Barriers – the Nedbank Ultra on Sunday
The Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultra-marathon, to be run over 50km in Gqeberha on Sunday, has attracted an impressive line-up of runners from the sub-continent and gets full marks for ambition.
The race is billed as an attempt on the...