Onwards and upwards as Sanlam Cape Town Marathon aims for the stars
This weekend (Saturday 12 July) marks one hundred days to the start of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, with the ‘house full’ notice having been posted on the eve of the One-Hundred-Day launch, which took place at adidas’ headquarters...
Phalula ready to light up Durban 10K as Damons eyes personal best
Lebo Phalula, the fastest over-40 10km female athlete in South Africa, currently enjoying a rich vein of form, is amongst a host of talent lining up to race July's Durban 10km Absa Run Your City.
Oliver Ochieng
40-year-old Lebo Phalula, the...
Continental stars set for showdown in Cape Town as Absa RUN YOUR CITY 10K...
Bonface Orucho, SPNA
This Sunday, on May 11, the streets of Cape Town will welcome some of the top African athletes as the Absa RUN YOUR CITY CAPE TOWN 10K celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Among the headline contenders is Kenya’s Asbel...
Who wants to be a millionaire? Time for world record in Africa
There’s a Million Rand Buzz in the distance-running air in South Africa and it’s all about running a world record on African soil.
Many world records in distance running have been set by athletes from African countries. Few, if any,...
“I can go even faster” Elroy Gelant breaks the South African Marathon Record
Twenty-six years ago, Prieska (Northern Cape) athlete, Gert Thys, won the final Tokyo Marathon of the 20th century in 2 hrs 06 min 33 sec – the fastest time ever by a South African athlete. This mark has finally...
Mega-stars Gerda and Stephen headline Saturday’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon
Two of South Africa’s distance-running mega-stars, Stephen Mokoka and Gerda Steyn, are race favourites for Saturday’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon, to be run on the traditional 56km course over Chapman’s Peak and Constantia Nek, but a clutch of talented...
Two Oceans Trail is back as evergreen Nicholas Rupanga eyes a podium position
The Miwaylife Two Oceans Trail Races open the 2025 Two Oceans weekend tomorrow morning (Friday 4 April) with the traditional ‘long’ and ‘short’ trail races taking place on and around the slopes of Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain.
The Two...
‘Supercharged’ Glenrose in convincing win in SPAR Women’s Challenge opener
Glenrose 'Supercharge' Xaba clinched a memorable victory at the opening race in the 2025 SPAR Women’s Challenge 10km Series in Cape Town this morning (Sunday 30 March), underlining her status as the country’s leading marathon and sub-marathon athlete.
Xaba successfully...
Sekgodiso sizzles in China
It’s 12 744km from Stellenbosch, South Africa, to Nanjing in China, but Prudence Sekgadiso and Akani Simbine made the crossing seamlessly, taking their top-drawer performances at the Athletics and Cycling Education (ACE) Trust meeting at Höerskool Stellenbosch just over two...
Underson and Marion on point at Pass to Pass Ultra-trail
Underson Ncube and Marion Leiberich produced the performances of the day at the Pass to Pass Ultra-Trail presented by Hoka, while Zimbabwe-born Admire Muzopambwa won the gruelling ‘Hundred’ in one of South Africa’s most testing ultra-trail challenges.
Now in its...