Trail Running Blog

Who says running ultras doesn’t pay the bills? Huge potential pay day for the winners of the Comrades Marathon . The winner of this year’s Comrades Marathon – provided he or she breaks the current race record – could walk away with a cool R1.4 million on Friday. That’s what is on offer for the [...]

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Great article on Active.com describing the diets of elite Kenyan distance runners. About 86 percent of daily calories came from vegetable sources, with 14 percent from animal foods. As you might expect, the Kenyan-runners’ diets were extremely rich in carbohydrate, with 76.5 percent of daily calories coming from carbs. The Kenyans ate about 10.4 grams [...]

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I wonder who will win… The overseas based Wellington runner became the first athlete to win the world mountain running title on a uphill and an up and down hill concept with his win at the world championships in Wellington last year Link.

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