Elite trail runner Ryan Sandes doesn't race as much as he used to, but his desire to win still rages deep within.
Ryan Sandes and trail-running partner Ryno Griesel during their circumnavigation of Lesotho in April 2022. Picture: Craig Kolesky/Red Bull/AFP, and while trail runner Ryan Sandes doesn’t race as much as he used to, his desire to win still rages deep within.
After taking up distance running at the age of 24 in 2006, during his last year studying for his honours in quantity surveying at the University of Cape Town, it took only a couple of years for Sandes to discover he was talented enough to quit his job and run full time.
Sandes and Griesel have done all sorts of things. Most notably, in 2014 they set a fastest known time on the Drakensberg Grand Traverse, an unmarked and self-navigated 200km route with 9,000m of elevation gain, and in 2018 they set a new FKT for the Great Himalaya Trail, running more than 1,500km across the Himalayas in a little more than 25 days.
Sandes has a lot going on away from the sport as well, keeping him active in his personal and business lives.
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