Crossing over

Increasingly, races like the Otter African Trail Run and the Southern Cross (SOX, above) are incorporating floating bridges into their finishing straights. These sometimes unnerving final obstacles add to the excitement – but also the challenge – of finishing.

Fact: floating bridges have personalities. Yes, they do! Some are better run fast, and others more cautiously, as our experts will attest.

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. Floating bridges are intense energy sappers, so it’s easy to over-cook it, hurting your legs in a sprint, while saving only a few seconds of time. It may