Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • TRAIL

    The Bear

    Sep 21, 2018 4 minutes

    Nic De Beer has an epic trail and road running career spanning 21 years so far.

    Beyond running and coaching, Nic’s heart is with those in need. When he’s not running for a podium, he’s dressed in a bear costume and running to raise money for his Goldilocks and The Bear Foundation.

    He co-founded the organisation with Renata Schoeman, raising money to screen children in underprivileged schools for ADHD and other mental health problems.

    You may have realised that his surname means The Bear in Dutch.

    We got to know this issue’s cover athlete much better in an interview. So can you…

    Unusual running start

    I never really

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from TRAIL

    TRAIL3 min read
    4 Cool Hot Day Runs
    Andy Wesson is an avid trail explorer from Port Elizabeth. The new trails at Hayterdale are marvellous. If running in mid-summer is hot, you know Addo will be pure swelter! Thank goodness for forests and streams to keep things cool, and this brand-ne
    TRAIL1 min read
    Train don’t Strain
    The 12,000 ton French crane barge BOS 400 ran aground off Duiker Point in 1994 and is a landmark along the rocky coastal trail near Sandy Bay. Tauriq Gamildien is a qualified adventure and mountain guide and an avid ultra trail runner. He snapped thi
    TRAIL4 min read
    Keep It Fresh
    Just four years later, they made ripples in the community by staging South Africa’s first 200 miler at their 2021 Mac Mac Ultra. Kirsten Arnold chatted to them. In the same year they also hosted the new Kaapsehoop Mountain Ultra (offering a long even

    Related Books & Audiobooks