Trail running

Gijima – a global impact movie on how running changed a South African’s life

by Stephen Granger Sinovuyo Ngcobo is not a name widely known in running circles, but a dramatic short film on…

2 years ago

African runners campaign for 2021 Golden Trail

Hassan Elazzaoui - preparing from his Swiss base in Lugano. Photo: courtesy Elhousine Elazzaoui By Stephen Granger Africa’s leading marathon-distance…

3 years ago

South Africa’s McCann “splodges” to first victory in Europe’s summer season.

Toni McCann (position 1) on top of the Gruyere Trail Charmey 24km podium with second-placed athlete Nathalie Geiser of Switzerland.…

3 years ago

Trail Running: Tragedy in China elicits pause, even in Africa

Trail runners in Africa experience all kinds of extreme weather conditions. Here, trail runner Jeremy Kropman looks at a heavy…

3 years ago

A farmer started an ultra-trail race…

Race founder and director, Spurgeon Flemington. Photo: Stephen Granger Early this century, a farmer in Spain’s Basque Country in the…

4 years ago

Running’s big opportunity turns golden. Now to bring it to Africa.

Start of the elite women's race, Golden Trail Championship 2020 final day in the Azores. Picture: Stephen Granger One of…

4 years ago

How trail running’s focus on health is enabling a zero-tolerance doping culture.

Lucille Germain of France has her temperature checked before running in the Golden Trail Championship in The Azores in October,…

4 years ago

Trail action this weekend

South African trail running again takes centre stage this weekend in the Western and Eastern Cape, providing athletes with an…

4 years ago

Spain’s Pere Aurell takes honours at South Africa’s oldest trail race; Holland’s Ragna Debats takes women’s title.

Lucky Miya leads Pere Aurell between Olympus and Snowden, during the K-Way Skyrun 100km,November 14, 2020. Photo: Rory Scheffer Thirty-six-year-old…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago