What is the difference between trail running and road running?
When you love running it doesn’t really matter much where you do it, on the road or trail, as long as you’re running. But what are the differences between road and trail running? Is one better for your health than the other? What are the differences in equipment, especially shoes? To begin, we should really try to define the two activities. We fully understand there’s a whole lot of grey area between trail and road running but for the sake of
Hey Holla: Q&A with Toni Pedro
This month we're chatting to a long-standing Holla Trails member, Toni Pedro (regulars will know his face). Read our Q&A catch up with Toni
July Round Up!
We blinked and it's already July! As promised we have taken on extra staff to help speed up the trail recovery in order to get as many trails not just back open again, but even better than before. That, along with the incredible sponsors who have given their time and man power to join our rebuild teams on the trails, has meant we are opening more and more sections everyday. Thanks to new team members Ayanda Kente, Lwando Daniso, Siyamzukisa
Holla Trails Flood Builder – Sponsorship
Like nature is slowly coming back after a big storm, the riders and runners are also coming back to the trails, or what is left of them. We have captured some of the devastation left behind from the floods, read to the end to see some pictures. We've been working very hard to open trails by moving through and making “quick wins” where we can and recover some riding and running trails before tackling the more daunting tasks where bridge
Hey Holla: Q&A with Kavit Naran
This month we're chatting to new Holla Trails running Ambassador, Kavit Naran (or Benjy). Read our Q&A with Kavit
Tips: Mud and wet weather
No new feature this month and usually it's more suitable to post before the rainy season, but with the changing climate it can happen any time, as we all have experienced. Some people don't ride when it's raining or muddy, but they are actually missing out. Not only is it good to be prepared; you never can plan when it will rain and you may end up riding that race that you have been training for for so long in wet
Tips: Skinnies
We have added another new feature on the Red Biogen Route that may need a few tips to make it easier to conquer successfully. Actually, if the Red Route is not quite your thing yet, just keep on reading as a skinny is like any other bridge but just a bit more narrow and the same tricks apply: The basics 1: Riding skinnies may not seem that exciting due to the lack of the speed element and it may damage your bike/body/ego
Hey Holla: Q&A with Etienne & Eli
This month we're turning on the cute factor as we chatted to Etienne & 3.5 year old Elijah Steyn. Read our Q&A with Etienne & Elijah
Tips: Rock Gardens
Yes, a new feature on the Red Biogen Route that needs a few tips to conquer it successfully: The basics: Here we go again; Look where you go! (I think every tips section starts with this reminder however, when you look at the tyre marks on the trails you can see that a lot of crashes could have been avoided just by the "look where you want to go" basics). Look further ahead and see where the rocky path is taking you and try
Hey Holla: Q&A with Sam & Lauren
This month we chatted to two local moms who have become so passionate about their riding that there is rarely a morning where you don't see their faces at the trail head. Read our Q&A with Sam Wacher and Lauren Talbot