AJ Calitz and Bernard Rakudza (Contego K-Way) shook up the field during Stage Two of the ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance on Saturday, 15 March 2014 claiming the stage victory in a lightning fast time of 02 hours 41 minutes 34 seconds, cementing a 03 minute 06 second lead going into Stage Three on … [Read more...]
Bailey, Brimble take Stage One
Competition was heated in the men’s race during Stage One of the ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance on Friday, 14 March 2014. Starting and finishing at the Houw Hoek Inn, there was a constant tussle at the front end of the men’s race with Kane Reilly and Thabang Madiba (Salomon Men) and Michael Bailey … [Read more...]
Cape Summer Trail Series concludes
This past Sunday saw the Spur Cape Summer Trail Series 2014 come to an end on pristine Oak Valley trails in perfect weather conditions. … [Read more...]
Stellenbosch athletes dominant
Stellenbosch based trail running enthusiasts Craig Burns and Danette Smith had the rest of the field running scared on Saturday, 22 February 2014 at the second annual New Balance Trail Run presented by ISUZU in Grabouw. … [Read more...]
Scintillating running at Silvermine
The second edition of the Spur Silvermine Mountain XL set off in one of the Cape’s finest nature reserves, the Silvermine Nature Reserve on Saturday morning. … [Read more...]
Qualifying Races for Trail Running
A new qualification system for selecting national teams The data below outlines a new system to be implemented that will allow for a more fair process of selecting teams to represent South Africa at international championships. … [Read more...]
Sesipi, Scheffer win 2014 Buffelspoort Trail
Edwin Sesipi and Leilani Scheffer take line honours at the 2014 Buffelspoort Trail Run. Just over 400 trail running enthusiast toed the line at Buffelspoort Dam on Sunday, 26 January 2014 to partake in the 2014 New Balance Trail Run presented by ISUZU. … [Read more...]
Hugo, Van Huyssteen top in Buffelspoort
Top South African XTERRA Warriors Dan Hugo and Carla Van Huyssteen claimed victory in the men’s and women’s categories respectively of the Totalsports XTERRA Buffelspoort Full presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT on Saturday, 25 January 2014. … [Read more...]
Stage One 2014 Announced
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
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 Matthew Daneel at the 2013 … [Read more...]