Today I went for a run with a guy whose photo is in the current issue of GQ magazine! Yeah right, you say.. who might that be? Is Di Caprio jogging on the beach? Did some supermodel residing in Camps Bay give the Gripmaster a call to ask me to come over for a run [...]

At least it wasn’t sleeping last night, when nine headlamp-equipped Trailrunners blasted through the trails on Devil’s Peak. Leading man Roger cut corners at right angles and the last runner was still eating the dust from the first…. Five of us were Skyrunners and as such active at night by defition… The Goblin runs up [...]

Some of the best trails in the world, africa’s best steaks, summer every day in december, lots of crazy trailrunners…. The life of the Gripmaster is on the right path, er trail…. For next week, we have a date for a night run on Tablemountain….charge up your batteries, that will be a blast for sure! [...]

The long-haired giant stands in the wind on a rock. He is overlooking an endless green mountain range, which is clearly visible to the horizon. At his feet, a cliff drops almost one kilometer straight down into a rocky canyon. The sun is firing its rays at the giant as if it wanted to burn [...]

Twelve years ago, some locals and farmers of the southafrican Drakensberg region had the idea to traverse their land in one day, on foot. Out of a friendly hike has become one of the toughest trailruns that the black continent has to offer. The name “Skyrun” is not far-fetched. The runners are moving on a [...]