SPAIN Transvulcania 83km Trail Race, Canary Islands – 12 May 2012 Anna Frost was outstanding winning the women’s race in a new course record of 8h 11m 30s around the island of La Palma, in finishing 40 minutes ahead of Nuria Picas of Spain. Mònica Aguilera of Spain held the previous record of 10h 0m [...]Frost record … [Read more...]
Major Win XTERRA Richmond
Virginians Win XTERRA Richmond Trail Races. Staff Sergeant Ryan Major captures hearts; Team X-T.R.E.M.E. sets Guinness World Record By Trey Garman, XTERRA RICHMOND, Va. – (June 11, 2011) – On Saturday morning, Ryan Witt and Sarah Breevoort won the XTERRA Richmond half-marathon, but Staff Sergeant Ryan Major … [Read more...]
De Beer, Robinson take AfricanX Stage One
Friday, 16 March 2012 (Kleinmond) - After lying in 6th place at the 15km mark of Stage One of the ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance, endurance trail runners Nick de Beer and William Robinson of Team Zestlife did the unexpected, working their way to the front of the field De Beer and Robinson [...]De … [Read more...]
King, Arritola Take Trail Titles
OGDEN, Utah – (September 25, 2011) – The trail running kingdom of Max King continues to expand. King completed an amazing weekend of racing by winning the 2011 XTERRA Trail Run National Championship on Sunday at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah – it’s good to be king. It was the fourth … [Read more...]
King Take Four
King, Arritola Take XTERRA Trail Run World Titles Four-peat for King; event record field of more than 2,000 participate in Hawaii KUALOA RANCH – KA’A'AWA, Hawaii – (December 4, 2011) – The anticipated rain never hit Kualoa Ranch, but the reign of Max King continued at the XTERRA Trail Run World … [Read more...]
Bailey, van Heerden claim AfricanX 2012 Title
Sunday, 18 March 2012 – Michael Bailey and Antoine Van Heerden of Team Velocity Sports Lab 2 walked off with the men’s champions title at the 2012 ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance after completing a sum total of 90km of trail running over the weekend in an impressive combined time of … [Read more...]
Bailey, van Heerden take stage 2 at African X
Saturday, 17 March 2012 ~ It was an action-packed day of racing in Kleinmond with trail runners eagerly toeing the line to take on Stage Two of the 2012 ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance. The ‘marathon’ stage belonged to late entry Michael Bailey and Antoine Van Heerden of Team Velocity Sports Lab 2. … [Read more...]
Kennedy, Visser ready for AfricanX Round 2
With less than one week to go to the start of the ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance (16, 17 & 18 March 2012), trail run enthusiasts are starting to feel the bitter sweet nervous tension that goes hand in hand with an event of this nature. Not even the professional runners are exempt [...]Kennedy, … [Read more...]
Natrass Training Towards AfricanX
Not many people can use the expression “It feels like I’ve been hit by a train”, and actually mean it. Stellenbosch resident, Brett Natrass is one of the select few. Natrass obtained serious injuries in November last year when his car was hit by a train while intersecting a railway crossing. Although it’s been a … [Read more...]
Hugo, Wasle to Defend XTERRA Titles
Reigning 2011 XTERRA Grabouw Champions Dan Hugo (Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Carina Wasle (Austria) will have to keep their wits about them on Sunday, 26 February 2012 when they return to Grabouw Country Club to defend their titles at the 2012 Totalsports XTERRA South African Championship presented by REHIDRAT® … [Read more...]