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Nicolette shares her first hand struggles of running ultra-distances at the front of the field

Author: Nicolette Griffioen It’s often said that the negative emotions of loss, sadness and disappointment weigh much more heavily on us than their positive counterparts of success and happiness. My firsthand experience of this phenomenon came in the form of another 100km Skyrun. It was 2017 and I’d been training consistently all year, planning my…

Nicolette Griffioen Shares her first SkyRun race experience with us

Author: Nicolette Griffioen My first SkyRun in 2016 was everything it should have been, and more. There was the excitement of running a new trail, heightened after the previous year’s disappointment of having to spectate rather than compete due to an ITB issue. Then there was the anxiety of running 100km – only my second…

This Women’s Day and every other day, lead a child outside

Author: Nicolette Griffioen Image: Pierre Jordaan At the age of five, I walked my first 3-day overnight hike. I swam in rock pools, built riverside sandcastles and climbed trees. In the evenings I showered by starlight, built my own fire and braaied marshmallows on sticks. I learnt essential skills such as trail-watching for snakes, taking…

Nicolette Griffioen finishes as the first female in the 38km K-Way SkyRun 2019 route

With two final theoretical exams left to end my many-year degree and having the second one fall the day before Skyrun 2019, I reluctantly made the realistic decision not to run this year's 100km. I would take the opportunity to run UTCT instead. Unfortunately, my mom and boyfriend had both already entered for the 100km…

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Nicolette shares her first hand struggles of running ultra-distances at the front of the field

Nicolette Griffioen Shares her first SkyRun race experience with us