Sunday, December 29, 2024

Trail Running

Toni top of the trail world in Chamonix

When Toni McCann bounced back from adversity on August 31, she did so less than three months after crippling injuries ruled her out of the World Mountain and Trail Championships. At the French alpine town of Chamonix, she ran...

Siboniso fired up for Gun Run Trail success

The cover has been blown on one of the best kept secrets in trail running - the OUTsurance Gun Run Trail Run.  Elites and trail enthusiasts alike have signed up for the second event at this year’s Gun Run...

Mvuyisi’s Whale of Trail victory a stepping stone to Mont Blanc

Mvuyisi Gcogco and Landie Greyling raced to decisive victories at the 53km Merrell Whale of Trail, which took place on Saturday 5 August in the Cape Nature De Hoop Nature Reserve in ideal running conditions. Mvuyisi Gcogco wins the 2023...

Whale of a time ahead for Mvuyisi

Eastern Cape trail athlete, Mvuyisi Gcogco, arrived at De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Southern Cape yesterday (Thursday 3 August) to run the Merrell Whale of Trail tomorrow, excited about the first step of an adventure which offers new...

It’s a Reilly double-act as Kane and Sam reign supreme in the Hout Bay...

Kane and Samantha Reilly pulled off a remarkable brother-sister act at the 21st Hout Bay Trail Challenge this morning (Saturday 22 July), racing to emphatic victories over the challenging 40km circumnavigation of the Hout Bay mountains. Brother Kane raced to his...

Hout Bay Trail Challenge gets the ‘key to the door’ as leading athletes face...

Trail-running eyes are focused on one of the oldest and most iconic trail races in South Africa this weekend as the Hout Bay Trail Challenge (HBTC) comes of age.   This will be the 21st running of forty kilometres of challenging...

Elhousine strikes gold in Italy

Thirty-one-year-old Moroccan trail athlete, Elhousine Elazzaoui (Pini Mountain Racing), raced to his first Golden Trail World Series win with an emphatic victory in the lung-busting DoloMyths 22km Trail Race in Italy over the weekend (Saturday 15 July). Elazzaoui chose one...

World Mountain and Trail Running Championship delivers top performances on extreme trails in Austrian...

The curtain came down on the second World Mountain and Trail Running Championship in Innsbruck, Austria, over the weekend, an event which took the sport to an unprecedented level of competitiveness. German athlete, Ida-Sophie Hegemann is dwarfed by some of...

Angermund and Geoffray take the Short Trail titles at the World Championships in...

Extreme physical challenges, exceptional beauty and intensely competitive racing have characterised the first half of the second World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, taking place in the Innsbruck region of Austria, with African athletes prominent in the Vertical Challenge...

Strong African teams challenge for medals at World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in...

Kenyan, Uganda and South Africa will spearhead Africa’s challenge next week among the world’s best trail athletes at the second World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, which takes place in the Tyrolian Mountain centre of Innsbruck in Austria. An athlete...