by Axel Rittershaus | 30 Nov 2014 | Race Review, Ultra Marathon
After the nice break at Green Market Square I felt great running towards Peak Number Three: Lion’s Head. From the refreshment table I took a pack with ‘Coconut Water’. So far I experienced coconut water as a drink in Cuba or on the Bahamas, but not during a run J The...
by Axel Rittershaus | 20 Nov 2014 | Race Review, Ultra Marathon
Here we go: From the city up to Peak Number Two: Maclear’s Beacon, the highest point of Table Mountain. I took the same route as for the first peak: from Green Market Square to Deer Park and up to Tafelberg Road. Video: Running towards Peak Two...
by Axel Rittershaus | 15 Nov 2014 | Race Review
It was my very first trail race ever. It’s one of the most iconic races in South Africa. Not a bad first trail race. Maybe like learning to scuba dive on the Maledives 🙂 I knew I was not trained enough to go for a really good time and rather take it as a race to...
by Axel Rittershaus | 4 Nov 2014 | Race Review
A quick update for you: I completed the Three Peaks Challenge on November 1st 2014. It was a long, hot day out with a little incident after 3 hours. I am very happy having completed this challenge and I’ll write a detailed report within the next few days. It...
by Axel Rittershaus | 24 Aug 2014 | Race Review
Instead of doing a long weekend run on my own, I joined a couple of club mates for a very hilly, early Sunday morning 30 km race. At 4:40 am in the morning we already had 22°C. An extremely warm winter weekend in Cape Town 🙂 Luckily the race starts and ends in...
by Axel Rittershaus | 30 Jun 2014 | Race Review
It’s been at least my 7th Stuttgart Half Marathon. And I trust it’s going to be my last one. The 21st edition of this city half once again showed weaknesses of the organizers, starting with an uncoordinated start in uncoordinated waves, and ending with...
