South Africa lost a unique and much-loved voice in October 2021. Carel Bezuidenhoud, better known as Raasbekkie, was synonymous with many of South Africa’s favourite running and cycling events. His big smile, soulful serenading, and a seemingly endle

Andy Wesson is an avid trail explorer from Port Elizabeth. The new trails at Hayterdale are marvellous. If running in mid-summer is hot, you know Addo will be pure swelter! Thank goodness for forests and streams to keep things cool, and this brand-ne

Bianca Engelbrecht celebrates the beauty of the Brownhooded Kingfisher Trail in the Garden Route National Park in Wilderness. The trail is a gentle loop of 4km from start to finish, following the fynbos-stained Duiwerivier all the way to the waterfal

Nonhlakanipho Tau is a 32-year-old civil engineer from Randburg with a love of the mountains, travel, the outdoors - and trail running. If you bump into this self-confessed adventure junkie and sucker for pain on the trails, you will know all about i

Two women ran the 2021 Otter African Trail Run to commemorate the life of someone special. They had different journeys, but the same reason: Love. WESTERN CAPE 6-9 October 2021 Trail running was one of Werner Daniel’s passions. Then one day he went o

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"When I grow up, I am going to marry a monkey!” This is apparently what I told my parents quite emphatically from as soon as I could talk. I was also going to be a vet. Or Doctor Doolittle’s right hand (wo)man – come hell or high water. My love of wi

I’ve always loved to run. To me, there is no sport more rewarding than running. After I finished my Chemistry BSc degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2011, I would run in the streets of Hilton wearing cotton t-shirts and Gilbert rugby shorts

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One of the highlights of my day was when Eugene came to show me his tractor, now complete. The young farmer has spent months carefully stripping and building the old machine. Sometimes he had to make new parts himself, labouring away in the shed full

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I may be in my mid-forties, but I am still a great believer in having heroes who inspire you. I had the great privilege of meeting one of mine at a 2021 social presented by Hangklip Athletics Club. That a giant of the trail running world would take t

Euro Steel Run the Rivers. 5km, 21km. Underberg. Jeep track and singletrack, fairly technical, mountain, forest, veld, and river trails. Start 6am. R650. runtherivers.co.za Honey Trails. 5km, 10km, 15km. Botha’s Hill. A refuge from the urban bustle,

DEON BRAUN is exploring ways to live a healthier, more Nature-centred life through permaculture. Have you ever bonked on a trail? No, not that kind. Any endurance athlete knows that bonking – also known as hitting the wall due to low blood sugar – is

It’s sunset at Ngubu huts on day one of the Otter Trail. “September is a beautiful time of year to hike the Otter Trail – the weather is balmy and the whales are on the move. Sitting on the rocks in the bay, watching the sunset as the waves thunder,

The 12,000 ton French crane barge BOS 400 ran aground off Duiker Point in 1994 and is a landmark along the rocky coastal trail near Sandy Bay. Tauriq Gamildien is a qualified adventure and mountain guide and an avid ultra trail runner. He snapped thi

Let’s start by comparing the two disciplines. Road running typically has support tables every 3km, while trail running does not. Road running is also usually in suburban areas where help can be found more easily should you get lost or injured. In tra

Coach Sean Tait investigates. Q “I’ve been training for events up to 25km, but have decided to step up and do the 42km Otter next year. My biggest challenge is going to be doing the long runs on weekends, as I have kids at home. How important are lon

It’s indisputable that the Otter is special because of the breathtaking beauty and technical aspect of the route. It is also special because of the organising family and the trail runners themselves. For me however, there is more than that. There is

How many people do you know who take a Halloween pumpkin to the top of a mountain to give it a cuddle? Not many, if any, right? That’s why this submission from Emma Rorke is a clear winner for 2021. Emma climbed Vensterberg in the Outeniqua mountains

This 244-page book will come at you from all angles: the head, the heart, the body, and the spiritual. First-time author Erica Terblanche certainly has a gift with words and without realising it, you suddenly find yourself lost in her world of advent

Why do people who eat more plants get less cancer? Some phytonutrients act as antioxidants to douse free radicals, others can boost our liver’s own detoxifying enzymes, and some even boost our DNA repair enzymes, to patch up any damage done. But 23 y

Just four years later, they made ripples in the community by staging South Africa’s first 200 miler at their 2021 Mac Mac Ultra. Kirsten Arnold chatted to them. In the same year they also hosted the new Kaapsehoop Mountain Ultra (offering a long even

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