When a successful sporting event becomes Africa’s best brand advertising
By Stephen Granger
The dust has settled on Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) trails and most of the international athletes who participated have found sufficient gaps in flight bans to depart our shores, following an exceptional Ultra-trail Cape Town event which...
SOUTH AFRICA’S 13 PEAKS CHALLENGE
World-class trail running performances are invariably linked to legendary and iconic trail running races. There are some hugely well-known races, like the Western States 100 miler, the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc, or Golden Series events such as Zegama and Sierra...
Olympics Special – Nigeria’s first woman track & field gold medalist
Chioma Ajunwa was the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. She didn't understand the significance until she was swamped by a crowd during a stopover in Senegal, on the way home.
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Elana van Zyl awarded prestigious medal
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon race ambassador and South African athletics legend, Elana van Zyl, was awarded the prestigious Sri Chinmoy Oneness Home Peace Run Torch Bearer Award at Green Point on Saturday - a tribute to her substantial work...
“Comrades” – at 99, the world’s greatest ultra-marathon, now virtual, too
Over 40 000 runners from around the world participated in Sunday's (June 14) virtual Comrades Marathon, celebrating it’s 99th year remotely, away from the iconic 90 km route between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The massive participation underlined the race's status as the...
Showtime on Table Mountain as the world’s top trail athletes line up for the...
It’s showtime for Rand Merchant Bank Ultra-trail Cape Town (RMB UTCT) as the new-look endurance event gets underway this weekend, offering competitive international trail-racing over 100 miles (the UTCT flagship), 100km (the UT100), 55km (the Peninsula Traverse or PT55),...
Sunset promenade fun for road runners as Green Point Lighthouse points the way
Andre Afrika and Bianca Tarboton were the cream of the crop at the Crazy Store Lighthouse 10km this week as over a thousand runners made use of perfect late afternoon conditions to enjoy an out and back run along...
‘Hoerikwagga’ to host leading trail athletes in top trail marathon tomorrow
Tomorrow’s Cape Town Trail Marathon (Saturday 15 October) fulfils the dream by race founder, Ryan Sandes, in showcasing the ‘Mother City’s’ trails to the world and is shaping up to be another rich chapter of high-profile trail racing in...
“Mountain Abandoned” in Snowdonia, Wales, for top ultra-trail athlete Griffioen
by Stephen Granger
Leading South African ultra-distance athlete, Nicolette Griffioen, was a star-performer in the Ultra-trail Snowdonia, which took place in the highlands of north Wales earlier this month, although the forced cancellation of the 100-mile race (UTS 165) through...
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....