Running great Mary Keitany empowers young women to Achieve in Stellenbosch
They are small of stature but gigantic in spirit and delivery and they’re making massive footprints in Africa, changing the lives of young women. Four former female running greats from Africa are ploughing back what they gained from the...
Elhousine leads an Africa 1-2-3 at the Golden Trail World Series Grand Final
Leading Moroccan trail athlete, Elhousine ‘Hassan’ Elazzaoui, raced to a superb victory in the Golden Trail Series Grand Final, in the northern Italian town of Noli over the weekend (22 October 2023) while Romanian newcomer to the sport, Madalina...
Ethiopia to the fore in celebration of African marathon magic at the Sanlam Cape...
Ethiopian Adane Kebede Gebre won the 2023 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in 2 hrs 11 min 25 sec in one of the closest finishes in the history of the race, with South African hero, Stephen Mokoka, narrowly failing to...
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in line to become the seventh Abbott’s Marathon Major as...
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon remains on course for Abbott World Marathon Majors membership in 2025 as 18 000 participants prepare to toe the start line at dawn tomorrow (15 October 2023), significantly up on last year's race.
Excitement levels...
Dan and Sam surprise pundits with big wins at Cape Town Trail Marathon
Daniel Claassen and Samantha Reilly confounded the pre-race predictions and ran to impressive victories at the Cape Town Trail Marathon by Ryan Sandes (CTTM) this morning, while recently crowned Proteas, Siboniso Soldaka and Lijan Burger, triumphed in the shorter...
It’s the old guard vs newcomers in mouthwatering contest at Cape Town Trail Marathon
The Cape Town Trail Marathon by Ryan Sandes has become an important adjunct to the main event on this weekend’s festival of distance running – Sunday’s Sanlam Cape Town Marathon – with many of the country’s top trail athletes...
Africa’s magnificent distance runners are fuelled by tech, grit and strategy
Recent strides by African athletes in marathon running have been nothing short of extraordinary. While the advent of advanced "super shoes" has played a role, experts emphasize the meticulous planning and strategy behind these remarkable athletic achievements.
Bonface Orucho, bird...
Top of the Table for Kane and Bianca at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon...
Cape Town athletes, Kane Reilly and Bianca Tarboton, were crowned Table Mountain royalty at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Vertical Challenge this evening (Thursday 12 October), the event opener of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon (SCTM)weekend festival of running, which...
Battle of the Robbies at Otter African Trail Run as big rains threaten Southern...
Nature’s Valley, Southern Cape
Tension is rising ahead of tomorrow’s (Saturday 7 October) Otter African Trail Run, presented by Easy Equities, as one of the strongest marathon trail fields in African history prepares to line up for the 06h30 start...
Trail newbies shine at the Otter African Trail Challenge
New-to-trail running, Joshua Nuttall and Mellusca Toovey surprised by topping the podium in the Otter African Trail Challenge run between Storm’s River and Nature’s Valley in cool and wet running conditions this morning (Thursday 5 October).
Nuttall, who only started...