Mark Collins - From Camel to Otter & Beyond

South African Entrepreneurs come in many shapes and sizes, and you definitely do not have to sit behind a desk to run your business competition into the sea.

Brothers Mark & John Collins, co-founders of the most sought-after trail running event in South Africa, the Otter Run, have perfected the marriage between adrenaline and entrepreneurship and made it cooler than the Matric boy sitting at the back of the bus.

Expedition Business was fortunate enough to have bumped into Mark Collins while doing an Otter Hike on the same day that Mark and his team did a recce run for the upcoming 2023 Otter Run and we have invited him to share the highs and lows of his business adventures. 

• All the events that Mark & John are involved in.
• How easy is it to start your own successful trail race in South Africa?
• Is there money to be made from trail running events?
• How to climb out of the sit-in-a-hole days?
• Do trailrunners dope?
• What is the next mountain to climb?
• And much more.

Some of Mark's personal sporting achievements include:

• SA Team Camel Trophy 1998
• 5th World Championships (Switzerland) 2001 Spanish Team
• 1st Spanish Extreme Final
• Spain 2001, Spanish Team
• 4th Eco-Challenge Fiji 2002
• 5th Raid Gauloises (Vietnam) Spanish Team
• 5th World Championship (Canada ) 2004, SA Team
• 6th World Championships New Zealand 2006, NZ Team
• 1st place in 11 x National Races 2001- 2006
• 1st SA Team Expedition Africa 2014
• 1st Expedition Africa 2016
• 4th World Championships 2016 (Australia)

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