by Axel Rittershaus | 30 Oct 2016 | Inspiration, Trail, Training Session, Ultra Marathon
I don’t exactly why, but a while ago I entered the 100 km UltraTrail Cape Town, a trail race which is already iconic, even if it’s only 3 years old. And it’s a tough one, 4200 m elevation gain and a cut off time of 17 hours. The only serious trail...
by Axel Rittershaus | 25 May 2016 | Inspiration, Ultra Marathon
Sunday a week ago (2 weeks before Comrades) I got a sore throat, a few days later it was almost gone, when a dry cough caught me. With medication that’s also almost gone. All the time I believed, I could run Comrades. I took it easy, no exhausting training sessions....
by Axel Rittershaus | 10 Oct 2015 | Inspiration
Wow, how time flies when you’re having fun… … or taking some time out from blogging … or working and traveling a lot. Now, I am happy to get back into my blog writing and keep you posted, informed, entertained about running and training....
by Axel Rittershaus | 25 May 2015 | Inspiration
It’s Monday and only 6 more sleeps until race day of the 90th edition of The Ultimate Human Race – The South African Comrades Ultra Marathon. It will be another up run again, 1800 m elevation up, 1200 m down, 87.8 km total distance. I can’t wait to...
by Axel Rittershaus | 14 Feb 2015 | Inspiration, Training Session
Have you ever heard the name Renato Canova? The Italian might be THE best running coach in the world, coaching numerous world class athletes, like Moses Mosop, who together with countryman Geoffrey Mutai broke the Boston Marathon record by 3 minutes, finishing in 2h...
by Axel Rittershaus | 17 Apr 2014 | Inspiration
The main audience for this post are our inner voices. Like my inner voice, when it tries to tell me it might rather slow down or so. There are situations, when it’s wise to listen to it. Often it’s not neccessary to follow her advice, and keep on moving....
