Marathon magic in New York and Soweto
Competitive racing was the order of the day at the TCS New York City Marathon and African Bank Soweto Marathon over the weekend as Sydney celebrated becoming the 7th Abbott’s Marathon Major, setting its path to attract the world’s...
Trail running triumphs at Ultra-trail Cape Town despite final day cancellation
American athlete, Jeff Mogavero, won a last-gasp thriller in the UT100, the top event at the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town, over the weekend (Saturday 22 November), while South Africans Doug Pickard and Nicolette Griffioen achieved career-best wins in the...
Trail-running – changing attitudes and forging strong partnerships for conservation
More than 400 international and many more South African athletes prepare to tackle one of five races at this weekend’s RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town (RMB UTCT), celebrating the synergy between health and wellbeing from participating in the sport and...
Glenrose Xaba charges to historic victory at the SPAR Women’s Challenge in Cape Town
Glenrose ‘Supercharger’ Xaba raced to a superb victory in the 2024 SPAR Women’s Challenge 10km series opener in Cape Town today (Sunday 24 March), the first South African to have won the event, dominated by African international athletes in...
Five out of five for Kane
Kane Reilly lived up to his reputation as one of the country’s foremost trail athletes, with an emphatic victory at the 21st Old Fisherman’s Trail Challenge (OFTC) in Cape Town over the weekend (Sunday 8 June), while Lijan Burger...
Elroy and Tadu race up a storm in Gqeberha
Elroy Gelant continued his extraordinary run of distance-running success on the weekend (Saturday 1 June), with a clear-cut victory in tough conditions at the Nelson Mandela Half Marathon at the Eastern Cape city of Gqeberha, while world-class Ethiopian, Tadu...
Joyline Chepngeno continues her world-class form at the UTMB OCC
Kenyan athlete, Joyline Chepngeno, became the second African female athlete to win the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc OCC race around the Mont Blanc massif this morning (28 August) after holding off former winner, Chinese athlete Miao Yao in a desperately...
Patrick Kipngeno aiming to make it two out of two in China
The Golden Trail World Series stays in Asia following the season’s opening in Japan last weekend, moving to highlands of the western sector of Sichuan for Saturday's race (27 April).
Altitude and plenty of it is the name of the...
Kandie’s 21km time – is this a revolution?
by Stephen Granger
Kibiwott Kandie’s world record-breaking run in the Valencia Half Marathon was a remarkable feat of distance-running.
Kandie led three others across the line faster than his Kenyan compatriot Geoffrey Kamworwor’s former world record of 58 min 01 sec....
Philani-power overcomes Kenyan threat at Cape Town Trail Marathon
They’re celebrating Philani Sengce’s 43km Cape Town Trail Marathon victory in the streets of Kayamandi tonight after the Stellenbosch-based athlete powered to victory over the more favoured Kenyan athletes in favourable running conditions this morning (Saturday 23 May).
Sengce dug...