March 28, 2017
Salomon Sense Pro 2 review
Yes, it’s been out for a while… But the Salomon Sense Pro 2 is most definitely still worth talking about.
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Welcome To Leave The Couch
March 23, 2017
Exploring Botmaskop
When you get an invite from Jaco from Extreme Jogging to go and explore his home ground of Botmaskop, you drop everything and go!
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March 1, 2017
Salomon Sense Pro Max Review
Hi LTCers! Malikah Patel-Davids steps into the hot seat as our guest reviewer for Salomon’s highly anticipated Sense Pro Max – the brand’s first proper outing into the maximalist shoe market
February 27, 2017
TomTom Runner 3 (Spark 3) review
The TomTom Runner 3 (and Spark 3) follows its predecessor to deliver a solid sports GPS device at a super competitive price point.
February 22, 2017
Batrun Therapy
There’s something about running in the mountains at night. It’s definitely not the most obvious place I would’ve guessed my trail running obsession progression would take me, but here I am strapping on a headlamp and getting ready to chase that bouncing spot of light up Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain and Lion’s Head. It’s just me and about 100 other nutters getting ready to spend our Saturday evening getting smashed in the face by gale force winds, ignoring cramp and the pain of those long climbs, all while trying to stuff enough jelly babies in our mouths to make it all seem okay… Yep, it’s Batrun 2017 time!
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February 14, 2017
LTC Together #7 – Slopes of Devil’s Peak
We called 2016 to a close with our December edition of LTC Together with Totalsports and celebrated a year of leaving the couch with a run on the slopes of Devil’s Peak. Tammy and I had been using this exact route as a weekly time-trial in our prep for UTCT 65km. Now that the big race was over, we could share it with the runners at our LTC Together event 🙂
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January 30, 2017
This year we level up!
I began penning race and fitness goals a couple of years ago. I never really bought into New Year’s resolutions, but I do believe that having goals and actually writing them down is truly powerful. This year I found it tougher to decide on what 2017’s goals should be. It took me almost an entire month (and some time off from blogging this January) to sit down and commit to what I wanted to achieve. Finally, it’s been narrowed down to a simple question, “Have I levelled up?”
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December 23, 2016
Ultimate Direction AK Mountain Vest 3.0 Review
As with most pieces of trail running kit, finding the right pack for your mountain adventures is an exercise in trial and error – a potentially expensive one. But once you find that one piece that just works on all levels you can actually hear the choir break out into a chorus of hallelujah 🙂
This is what happened for me with the Ultimate Direction Anton Krupicka Mountain Vest 3.0
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December 13, 2016
Leave the Couch Together 07: The Devil’s Slopes 18 December 2016
The next LTC Together with Totalsports happens on the 18th of December as we ramp it up for the final test of the year. Whilst everyone else is winding down we’ve decided to give it a proper go and here’s your chance to show just how much you’ve improved on your fitness journey. Here are the details of the run…
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December 1, 2016
Leave the Couch Together #6: Liesbeek Urban Trail
LTC Together with Totalsports explored the urban trails along the Liesbeek River on the 20th of November. Another 60-plus turnout with a heavy dose of sunshine, smiles and good vibes 🙂
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November 26, 2016
India to Diagonal: Inspiration in the Mountains
Taahir pointed out the Diagonal route when we were doing India Venster. From above Kloof Corner you can trace the zigzagged path down to the Pipe Track. A few weeks ago, Tammy and I explored the route as an option to descend the back Table and I thoroughly enjoyed it – barring the ankle-breaking Pipe Track on your way to the Kloof Nek car park 🙂
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