TRAIL

Trail Clinic

GAUTENG

29-30 July 2017

Gauteng's third annual clinic was held at its birthplace: Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens. We got to know each other with an interview icebreaker, then the Brooks team took the reins.

Michelle Chowles introduced the Brooks trail shoe range, then Craig Gornall used his perspective as a podiatrist and shoe retailer at The Sweat Shop Bedfordview to educate the group on what to look for in a trail shoe.

Elite trail runner, and Brooks athlete Karine Bezuidenhout took over, outlining trail techniques for run form, ascent and descent skills,

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