Trail Talk SA

On this episode of Trail Talk SA, Brad Brown catches up with Lauren Booth. Lauren and her husband, Andrew are not only passionate about trail running, but also the environment. Andrew is the new race director for the Wild Series events; while Lauren works tirelessly on a host of other events they are involved in, as well as their active trail running portal, KZN trail running. Read more

Jock Green is no endurance novice. This former professional cyclist has turned his attention, successful so, to trail running. We catch up with Jock on this episode of Trail Talk SA, after his recent second place finish at the Old Mutual Mont-Aux-Sources Challenge. His season is far from done either, nor is his remarkable story. Read more

How is trail running controlled in South Africa? Is trail running controlled? Should it be controlled? This fast growing sport is ever expanding, and with expansion comes the good and bad. This week on Trail Talk SA we talk to Altus Schreuder. Well known on the trail scene, Altus talks to us about the state of trail running in South Africa. Read more

David “Mr. Active” Katz steps in for Brad Brown this week on Trail Talk SA, as he gets set to tackle his first Old Mutual Wild Series Mont-aux-Sources Challenge. Race Director, Andrew Booth, who is making his debut in charge of the event, is on hand to give all the details about this forefather of trail racing in South Africa. Read more

On this weeks episode of Trail Talk SA we catch up with Mark Collins. Not only is the Otter on his list of events to put on; but he is behind a fantastic event that is part of the Knysna Big Five during the Oyster Festival. The Salomon Featherbed Trail race has numerous starting times throughout the day, including a night run. It’s a race you want to add to your calendar. Read more

On Trail Talk SA this week, we catch up with one of South Africa’s best trail runners, male or female. Landie Greyling is very much a house hold name when it comes to trail running. She’s been doing and has some interesting races on the agenda still in 2015. Races that appeal to the trail runner in all of us. Read more

On this episode of Trail Talk SA Brad Brown chats to trail runner and self proclaimed ultra-mamma Kim Stephens. Kim’s story is inspiring and we hope to share some of that with you here.

Kim, along with two fellow moms who run, Kelly van der Toorn & Lauren Allot are doing some incredible things for the St Georges Home for Girls in Cape Town. Between these three incredible moms they have 11 kids and are running a few races year under the #Lucky11 hashtag.

Welcome to the next edition of Trail Talk SA, Brad Brown with you and we’re talking a race that just looks absolutely spectacular today. It’s a great pleasure to welcome from Cape Town, ultra trail, onto the show today, Stuart McConnachie.

Stu, I popped onto the website quickly just before we got you on line and those pictures are absolutely magnificent. You don’t even need to tell us about the race, you can just show us some of the pictures and say, you need to run. Read more

Daniel Roland – 2013 KAEM Winner (HermienWebb Photography)Zimbabwean born Daniel Rowland joins us once again on this edition of Trail Talk SA. Daniel won the 2013 Atacama Crossing as well as the 2013 KAEM and now has his sights set on the Jungle Trail Run in Peru in May which forms part of the Beyond the Ultimate trail running series.Daniel talks about his how he trains in specific ‘blocks’ and what his taper for this race will entail. Daniel also gives us 5 tips for the brand new trail runner starting out in the sport as well as 5 awesome tips to taking on your first multi-day stage race.If you would like to follow Daniel’s journey you can visit his website here, Facebook page here or drop him a tweet here.If you would like to subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here or on RSS feed by clicking here. Read More

This week on Trail Talk SA, Brad Brown:Caught up with Ryan Sandes shortly before his departure for the Canary Islands to take part in the Transgrancanaria this coming weekend. Ryan tells us about how his year has gone from a training perspective and what he hopes to achieve in 2014. Ryan also talks about the Ultra-Trail World Tour.Found out about the Sports Science Institute of Southern Africa’s Multi-Stage Trail Run Workshop that is taking place on 3 March in Cape Town from Landie Greyling. Landie, who will be one of the speakers on the night tells us what you can expect if you attend the workshop (You can get more info and sign up here). Landie also talks about the upcoming AfricanX that she is running just a few weeks from now. If you would like to subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here or on RSS feed by clicking here.You can also be in touch via email or following us on Twitter or Like Trail Talk SA on Facebook. Read more