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Trail Series® super league Kogelberg Biosphere 23.5 XL Trail Run – 17 August 2025

Besides being South Africa’s national flower, the King Protea is a sight to behold not j...

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The Noordhoek Superbowl 21 km – 4 May 2024

When most things are out of one’s control, running trails teaches one to accept whatever...

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Genadendal SkyRace® - 2 September 2023

The oldest mission station in South Africa, Genadendal (meaning Valley of Grac...

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The Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge – 20 May 2023

The privilege growing up near the foot of one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature of Table Mo...

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Ultra-trail Drakensberg 100 miles – 22 - 24 April 2022

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" - John 10:27 This verse ca...

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100 X 100 miles

Just over 100 Tales have been posted on trailblazer.run since 2011 when Trailblazer...

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Otter African Trail Run – 7 October 2021

Enjoy this Tale of Lisa running what is known as 'The Grail of Trail', on South Africa’s...

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nations

Trail running involves responses every moment as one navigates where to put one’s feet, ...

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Africa Calling – passage

Passage is a privilege no matter where one finds oneself, and this is highlighted throug...

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Cederberg Traverse 100 km – 5 October 2019

Raw. Rugged. Relative. The word that best explains the terrain of Cederberg Wilderness A...

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Light Trail legacy – 31 August 2019

How much will we be remembered in 150 years from now? With some self-reflection, probabl...

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(running) Circles in the Forest Trail Run – 10 August 2019

Running is repetitive. One step in front of the other. We keep moving forwards but never...

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Fish River (Ultra) revisited – 15 June 2019

Running a race is very different to volunteering at one. The former is an event, the lat...

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16 Mile Beach

The run was simple – traverse the entire length of South Africa’s longest uninterrupted ...

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Addo Elephant Trail Run 44 km – 16 March 2019

Most special moments cannot be orchestrated. Such a moment was had on this well-known ul...

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Untold Ultra – Fish River Canyon 100 km - 22 June 2013

Like water having carved the deep Fish River Canyon in the arid Namibian landscape – the...

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Grootvadersbosch low-down – 8 July 2018

The photographs we post are untouched and unedited. Yet they are still limited. Limited ...

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Run Wind Park

We do not know where wind comes from, yet stewarding its effect principally brings about...

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Ocean2Ocean 50 km Trail Run – 28 April 2018

One of the best things for us when we run trails is the awareness of the realness of our...

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Free Running

What is it like to run free? To run and run and never be held back? These questions coul...

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