Otter Trail set to weave its magic on trail runners
Leading South African and international trail athletes gather at Nature’s Valley in the Southern Cape this week for Saturday's 14th running of the Otter African Trail Run, presented by Easy Equities, with a strong men’s field likely to result...
It’s anyone’s game as seconds separate top teams in thrilling contest at AFRICANX TRAILRUN
Somerset West runners, Hakeem Smith and Lovemo Nyaude (Team HTRCrew Trail Taxi), upset the form book when they took line honours in the 34km second stage of the Pickle Juice AFRICANX TRAILRUN this morning (Saturday 18 March), while strong-running...
Breaking new ground, Cape Town Marathon goes virtual
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2020 will go ahead and will host runners from all corners of the planet, according to the organisers - but with one major caveat: the race will be offered in virtual form.
Cape Town Marathon...
Access Bank Lagos City Marathon limits participants to 10,000 for 2021, eyes Gold Label...
The organizers of the annual Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has announced two major changes to the 2021 edition of the Silver Label race.
Bukola Olopade, the race consultant and CEO for Nilayo Sports Management Company has revealed that only...
Olympics Special – Mokgobu’s dreams of gold
Story by Stephen Granger
Desmond Mokgobu is running shoulder to shoulder with one of host Japan’s favourite marathoners, in the final stages of the biggest race of his life. The two enter the stadium almost stride for stride, but Mokgobu’s...
Brandon and Michelle are Maxi Race royalty in storm-affected race
George athlete, Brandon Hulley, overcame some of the toughest trail conditions in the business, to win his first major career title at the K-Way Maxi Race Cape Winelands 75km, presented by Banhoek Chilli Oil, at Stellenbosch over the weekend...
Multiple winners Elroy and Helalia aim to add to their tally at Totalsports Two...
Thirty-six-year-old Boxer Athletics Club athlete, Elroy Gelant, has come a long way since his early days as a junior athlete in his Southern Cape hometown of George and he lines up in the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon on...
The masses set to return to the SPAR Women’s Challenge Series
While longer distance road running events, such as Comrades, Two Oceans, Cape Town and Soweto Marathons typically command the lion’s share of road running media interest in South Africa, competitive and lucrative shorter distance series have become important building...
Lloyd Bosman takes the heat and the win as runners follow in Madiba’s footsteps...
A week short of his 35th birthday, seasoned Southern Cape athlete, Lloyd Bosman, raced to victory in the annual 27 for Freedom in heat-wave conditions at Drakenstein, near Paarl, this weekend but it was the improved form of runner-up Philani...
Stunning landscapes, farming hospitality and intense competition at Ultra-trail Drakensberg
New champions were crowned, dreams fulfilled and hearts broken as the traditional ringing of the cow-bells by the 100 miler finishers signalled the close of the sixth edition of the Ultra-trail Drakensberg (UTD) at the Premier Resort Sani Pass...