by Landie Greyling | Jun 30, 2021 | News, Race Reports, Thoughts
In May, when it was announced that the George Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) would also present a marathon distance in addition to the already existing 60k and 25k options, the idea grew in my mind that I could use it as long run preparation for my goal race, Whale of...
by Landie Greyling | Jan 21, 2020 | News, Race Reports, Thoughts, Uncategorized
4th at the Hong Kong 100 Ultra, a renowned race on the Ultra-Trail World Tour (UTWT) circuit! I am starting my fairytale at the end, because who doesn’t love a happy ending right?? Naturally, there is quite the story, all with its heroes and villains, behind this...
by Landie Greyling | Oct 17, 2019 | News, Race Reports, Thoughts
After missing one of my favorite events 4 years in a row, the hunger to get back onto the Otter trail was definitely real. However, as any good old fairytale would have it, there were a couple of villains that tried to ruin my journey to get onto that coveted...
by Landie Greyling | Aug 29, 2017 | News, Race Reports, Thoughts, Uncategorized
This past weekend Christiaan & I run the Grand Raid Pyranees Marathon (better known as the Tour du Neouvielle: http://www.grandraidpyrenees.com) in preparation of our upcoming Spanish races; the Riano 3day stage race (8-10 Sept: http://www.rianotrail.run) and the...
by Landie Greyling | Aug 2, 2017 | News, Race Info, Race Reports, Thoughts, Uncategorized
This past weekend I was one of 130 fortunate folks to “trailrun” one of South Africa’s iconic five day hiking trails, the Whale Trail, offered by Merrell and the Mountain Runner Team as a 53km run over “spectacular mountain fynbos, technical rocky ridgelines, sandy...
by Landie Greyling | Jun 28, 2017 | News, Race Reports, Thoughts
I had it all mapped out in my head… Christiaan quit his day job so that we could live our dream of working from anywhere in the world, travel together to international races (where before I was mostly by myself) and train in Chamonix for our first major international...
