Nestled in the heart of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, the Houw Hoek Inn will once again host the Race Village of South Africa’s most exciting three day stage trail run, the ProNutro AfrianX Trailrun presented by New Balance. Taking place the weekend of 14 – 16 March 2014, this exciting event’s Stage 1 Route has … [Read more...]
Friendships forged at Run
December 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Taking part in a three day stage trail run as part of a two member team might be considered a challenge in itself to most trail running enthusiasts, but imagine meeting your team mate for the first time the night before the start of Stage One. Although this was the case for Al Leslie and [...]Friendships forged at Run … [Read more...]
Two Oceans Trail Run Entries opening soon
November 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Online entries for the 2014 Old Mutual Two Oceans Trail Run will open at 10h00 on Monday, 2 December 2013. Since its introduction to the line-up of events hosted under the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon umbrella in 2010, the trail run has enjoyed tremendous popularity and success, with entries for the 2013 event … [Read more...]
New Champions at XTERRA Worlds
November 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
KUALOA RANCH, Oahu, Hawaii - November 24, 2013 - Patrick Smyth found his way in the sport of trail running, and Polina Babkina found her way at Kualoa Ranch. As a result, both ran away as the new champions of the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship. … [Read more...]
Contenders at 2013 XTERRA
November 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Contenders Aplenty at 2013 XTERRA Trail Run World Championship KUALOA RANCH, Oahu – The 2013 XTERRA Trail Run World Championship will feature defending world champions, former world champions, a new national champ, former national champs, and numerous other runners with international experience. … [Read more...]
Sandes, Fish River Canyon
November 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Ryan Sandes of South Africa runs the Fish River Canyon. He completed the run, self-supported, in the amazing time of 6h57min! … [Read more...]
Hot racing at B’Sorah
November 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The third race of the Spur Gauteng Summer Trail Series took place at a brand new venue this weekend. B’Sorah welcomed Gauteng trail runners to a scorching day and the super fun trails made for some blistering hot running. Long Course runners were treated to 13.1km of undulating trails offering forest single track, … [Read more...]
Record Field at Cape IMPI
October 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Just over 4000 trail runners and outdoor enthusiasts gathered at Lievland Wine Estate and Wiesenhof Legacy Park (just outside of Stellenbosch) on Saturday, 19 October 2013 and Sunday, 20 October 2013 to be part of the action at the much anticipated New Balance IMPI Challenge. Combining trail running with an adventure … [Read more...]
A Race against the Storm
October 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The penultimate race in the Spur KZN Trail Series took place in the tranquil setting of the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve, despite the weather spicing things up with clouds building overhead and the threat of rain becoming more and more imminent closer to start time. The Championship Race saw men and women complete … [Read more...]
KZN Trail Series starts
October 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The first race in the Spur KZN Trail Series took place at Inanda Dam this Sunday with almost 200 runners converging on the beautiful venue for a great morning of trail running. Runners were treated to cool and cloudy conditions but the rain thankfully stayed away, paving the way for some fast finishing times. In … [Read more...]
