Mark Wagenheim gunning for Number 29 in this spring’s Gun Run Half Marathon
This September heralds the 29th running of the OUTsurance Gun Run and Mark Wagenheim will again be at the start, having run each edition of the Cape’s popular half marathons since the inaugural run in 1993.
Something about the Gun...
Eliud Kipchoge, in support of virtual Lewa Safari Marathon, shows star pulling-power.
Whenever Eliud Kipchoge runs, the world takes notice, affording the Kenyan athlete similar status to that given to Roger Bannister after the English doctor had broken through the four-minute mile barrier at Oxford in 1954.The only human to have...
Cape Town on path to take its place amongst the world’s biggest city marathons
With just 80 days to go before runners line up for the start of the 2023 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon (SCTM), quality and quantity are the watch-words as Africa’s leading city marathon moves steadily towards becoming the next Abbott’s...
Otter African Trail Run earns prestigious SANParks award
The Otter African Trail Run has walked off with a prestigious ‘Kudu Award’ at the annual South African National Parks awards ceremony in Johannesburg this week, with the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park, through which the...
Achieving their dreams – girls from Cape Flats set to join Pink Run in...
More than a hundred girls from Endurocad’s ACHIEVE programme will celebrate health, wellness and new life at the Totalsports Women’s Day Challenge in Cape Town on Wednesday (9 August), part of the cast of thousands of grandmothers, aunts, mothers,...
African trail athletes making strides in the French Alps
by Stephen Granger
British athlete Jonathan Albon and Sara Alonso took line honours at the Mont Blanc 'The Roller Coaster' Marathon over the weekend in the second of the 2022 Golden Trail World Series but not before African athletes...
Cape Town Marathon attracts legends: Elana, Budd, de Reuck, Radcliffe, Kristiansen
Half the South African senior women's team competing at the World Cross Country Championships in Spain in 1993 will be running Sunday's Sanlam Peace 10km - Elana van Zyl (second from right), Colleen de Reuck (second from left) and...
Gerda and Mdu inspiring exciting athletics talent at Phantane Athletics Club in Durban
Ten years ago, Mduduzi Vura Khumalo felt something was missing in his life. Today he is a man with a mission, fulfilled as never before and excited by the success of his venture – the establishment of Phantane Athletics...
African X trail run is back
One of the most exciting announcements in South African distance-running in recent months has been the confirmation that the AfricanX Trailrun is back.
One of the best-loved trail events in the country by both elite athletes and social runners, AfricanX...
There’s much to Admire about Muzopambwa’s UTD win
Zimbabwe-born and Johannesburg-based Admire Muzopambwa raced to the biggest win of his life when he came out on top of the Ultra-trail Drakensberg 100 miler (UTD 160) over the weekend, while Nicolette Griffioen won her second major 100 mile...