Ultra-Trail Cape Town “special” draws internationals, won by local runners.
Robbie Rorich - enjoys refreshment at half-way with a two minute lead. Photo - Marzelle van der Merwe
Robbie Rorich raced to a convincing win in the Ultra-Trail Cape Town “Special Event” 50km on Table Mountain on Saturday (28 November),...
How trail running’s focus on health is enabling a zero-tolerance doping culture.
Trail running, of all the athletics disciplines, would appear the least likely to attract drug cheats. One definition of the sport is "running in the heart of nature". The sport's promotion of a healthy lifestyle would appear to make...
Trail action this weekend
South African trail running again takes centre stage this weekend in the Western and Eastern Cape, providing athletes with an opportunity for real competitive action – rare in a COVID-inhibited 2020 where ‘virtual’ is the biggest name in town.
One...
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...
Breaking (Update) – K-Way SkyRun 100km half-way results
36-year-old Spanish athlete, Pere Aurell, took charge of the 2020 Skyrun 100km at the halfway point with no other athlete in the field looking a threat to his title aspirations. Two hundred and fifty runners started the 24th edition of...
K-Way SkyRun 100km underway
Lucky Miya - twice winner of Skyrun. Photo: Stephen Granger
One of South Africa’s oldest and wildest trail challenges got underway today (November 14) as two hundred and fifty participants started out on the 24th edition of the SkyRun 100km,...
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...
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...
“Super Pole” Przedwojewski and Switzerland’s Mathys take overall honours in the Golden Trail Championship,...
Sunday 1st November is All Saints Day in the USA and whether that influenced the outcome of the final day of the Golden Trail Championship - The Azores Trail Run – on the Island of Faial, we'll never know. However,...
Golden Trail Championship Stage 3 – no technical ascent due to weather conditions; faster...
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Golden Trail Championship Stage 3 - no technical ascent due to weather conditions; faster track favours leaders
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Mount Pico beckoned briefly but the technical ascent was not to...