News, Stories and Training Tips

Posted on Wednesday 15 February 2017

Mud. Some runners love it. Some runners hate it. Either way, there’s no escaping the fact that mud is one of the toughest of terrains

Posted on Friday 10 February 2017

I’ve now put 400 miles in these shoes and ran in this shoe at the Dorset CTS Ultra. My first ultra-marathon at 33 miles

Posted on Saturday 4 February 2017

Our new partners, inov-8, have they kindly supplied us with some new shoes to test!

Posted on Thursday 12 January 2017

The uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa was declared a World Heritage site in 2000, and it’s not hard to see why.

Posted on Friday 6 January 2017

3 marathons, 3 ultras, 5 halves, and a triathlon for good measure, seemed like a few too many events to cover in a single post.

Posted on Friday 6 January 2017

According to some folks (me included), my home town of Durban, South Africa, has the best climate in the world.

Posted on Thursday 5 January 2017

I was completely thrilled to be asked to be an ambassador for Maverick, as initially, I didn’t quite make the cut.

Posted on Friday 16 December 2016

Having enjoyed a successful year in 2016, Maverick Race has now joined forces with trail running powerhouse

Posted on Monday 5 December 2016

2016 was always going to a big year for running, as someone who only does marathons in even years (London 2012 and Melbourne 2014),

Posted on Friday 2 December 2016

Throughout one of the most bizarre years I've known, running it seems has pretty much been my only constant.

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2016

In January I took my christmassy lardy bum to Trailscape to run my first half marathon of the year. I had a sore ankle and a hangover.