Tag Archives: Cape Town

A Race of Attrition: AJ Calitz comes 2nd at the 2020 Addo Elephant Trail Run March 2020

I decided a week before to give the Addo 2020 race a crack. Despite my coach's protestations, I made the arrangements and ended up en route to the 2020 Addo for my first ultra of the year - the 76km. Now, 76km is not the longest race I have done, nor is it, by any…

Nicolette Griffioen takes the title as 2019 South African Female Long Distance Trail Champion

Author: Nicolette Griffioen | 5 April 2019 Image by Peter Kirk Media The Cape Town weather forecast for Saturday the 30th of March looked good. It would be overcast in the morning becoming partly cloudy towards midday with mild temperatures and only a light breeze. Almost perfect, I thought suspiciously, the day before the staging…

AJ Calitz takes the title crown at the 2018 K-Way SkyRun

Author: by AJ Calitz | 18 November 2018 My preparation for the 2018 edition could not have been better and worse.... Training went well and had a couple of good results of late, the last one, however, being 5 weeks before the Skyrun. Coach Christoff Smit Physio said no, I said yes - and once…

October 5, 2020 9:58 am
On Dogs & Trails

Many trail runners have running dogs these days, and often not for…
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August 4, 2020 8:18 am
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,…
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On Dogs & Trails

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