#14 - Ultra-Runner | Soldier | 250km Footrace Across The Sahara
Off Grid25 Sep 2025

#14 - Ultra-Runner | Soldier | 250km Footrace Across The Sahara

Zukie Tandathu is an ultrarunner, a 22-year soldier, and a crew member of Black Trail Runners. In this episode we chat about how joy and discipline can live side by side, what it really takes to train for the desert in the Marathon de Sables, and why inclusion in trail running needs more action than slogans.


In this conversation we talk about:

  • Growing up in South Africa with sport at the centre

  • Moving to the UK at 14 and culture shock

  • Joy and discipline coexisting in training and life

  • Lessons from 22 years as a soldier

  • What it really takes to run the Marathon des Sables

  • Instilling adventure in his children

  • Managing screens and encouraging time outdoors

  • Why brands are not doing enough on diversity

  • Practical actions to increase inclusion in trail running

  • The role of Black Trail Runners and how to support it


You can find Zukie here:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zukie_tandathu/

Threads - threads.com/@zukie_tandathu


Zukie is a crew member of BTR (Black Trail Runners)

  • www.Blacktrailrunners.run


  • Thank you

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