Reflecting on the Berlin Wall 100 Milers Experience
The Berlin Wall 100 mile (161km) follows the exact route as the Berlin Wall around the city of West Berlin. It is held as close to the 13 August every year to commemorate the separation of the city on that day and also to remember the victims who lost their lives trying to flee from a communist country to freedom.
RMB Ultra Trail Cape Town: A Trail Running Adventure
The past weekend saw the running of the RMB Ultra Trail Cape Town, a premium trail event in Cape Town. As a world class trail event, it attracted a host of athletes from around South Africa and a large contingent of foreign elite and non elite athletes
Unleash Your Potential with Expert Running Coaching
2022 was the first year I signed up with a running coach. To be honest, it felt a bit poncy – I am an ordinary runner, with no discernible talent of which to speak; I put in the hours, I plod along, I get an odd PB here and there, I finish the big stuff with (mostly) time to spare, but I was, quite decidedly, an average runner. Then the date for Comrades 2022 was announced and I panicked.
First and Last Place – should they be celebrated equally?
Having just returned from Cape Town to support the RMB UTCT 100 miler (166km) event, when ‘my’ athlete finished in 33 hours and 18 minutes, at 01:00 in the morning, I noticed something. The race began at 17:00 on Friday. The winner, Fotis Zsimopoulos, was rightly welcomed back onto the field at 13:00 on Saturday, after finishing in time of 20 hours and 48 minutes. He arrived to roars of support, cheering, television cameras and raucous crowds. And man did he deserve it!