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...
SOUTH AFRICA’S 13 PEAKS CHALLENGE
World-class trail running performances are invariably linked to legendary and iconic trail running races. There are some hugely well-known races, like the Western States 100 miler, the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc, or Golden Series events such as Zegama and Sierra...
Hanks sets new womens’ 13 Peaks Challenge record
Forty-nine-year-old environmental campaigner and vegan cooking instructor, Karoline Hanks, has run a Fastest Known Time (FKT) for women in the 13 Peaks Challenge over South Africa's Table Mountain, aiding turtle conservation in the process.
Hanks improved Stellenbosch-based trail athlete, Amri...
Sandes is back
It was “welcome back” to Ryan Sandes in Stellenbosch on Saturday (December 12) as South Africa’s leading ultra-trail athlete over the past decade raced to a convincing victory in the MaXiRace Cape Winelands 75km.
Sandes’ victory in the race, on...
Whether it’s the 75km “heaven” ultra-trail run or the 40km “marathon”, this weekend’s MaxiRace...
Two of the world’s best trail athletes on the adventure of a lifetime will line up as favourites at the start of the second MaxiRace ultra-trail run in the Cape Winelands tomorrow (Saturday 12 Dec), with COVID having resulted...
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...