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 | 31 Oct 2014 | Training Session
With a 50 km ultra trail race planned for Saturday (Three Peaks Challenge) this week is very relaxed. One nice easy trail run (10.4 km) together with my wife and our dog on Tuesday and one easy 5 km run after the gym on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I take a running...
by Axel Rittershaus | 24 Oct 2014 | Training Session
The last peak: Lions Head. I have been up there a few years ago, and it is in general an easy path to find. But it’s not an easy path to go up. The last section is more climbing than hiking or running. I started at Signal Hill Road, at some 300 m elevation. From...
by Axel Rittershaus | 19 Oct 2014 | Training Session
After yesterday’s 30 km training run I was curious to see if I’d have to pay a price for that today. Today I did a long and for me my most important training run, preparing for the 3 Peaks Challenge, happening in 2 weeks time, going up and down two of...