The heat is on – rising temperatures could be decisive in the 16th Otter...
It’s not known as the Grail of Trail for nothing and tomorrow’s Otter TERREX Trail, presented by EasyEquities, promises to live up to this sobriquet and even surpass its heady triumphs of the past.
Over the past decade, top trail...
Carla, the flower girl, set to become Carla, the race contender, at the upcoming...
The Otter TERREX Trail Run, one of South Africa's premier trail marathons, has grown into a world-class event. This year, 21-year-old Carla Collins, daughter of renowned adventure racers Mark Collins and Belen Sanchez, makes her race debut after years...
Dodo pair poised to take flight at the Otter
Dodo Trail heroes Mvuyisi Gcogco and Emily Djock will be looking to take their form in July’s challenging trail race in Mauritius into Saturday’s Otter TERREX Trail, South Africa’s premier marathon-distance trail race.
This year’s race through the enchanting Tsitsikamma...
Trail racing’s big weekend sees major upsets
Two under-the-radar runners came up trumps in big ultra-trail races internationally and in South Africa at the weekend, with heart-warming stories to tell to inspire many with aspirations in the sport.
Vincent Bouillard and John April are hardly household names...
This weekend – top trail racing returns at home and abroad
The Olympic Games relegates non-Olympic sport to playing second fiddle for the duration of the games but trail running comes into its own this weekend at the climax of the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc (UTMB) festival of trail running.
UTMB, from...
Mud and blood on the Dodo trail in career-best win for Emily Djock
Cape Town based athlete, Emily Djock, raced to a career-defining closely-fought victory in the Dodo Trail ‘Xtreme’ Race in Mauritius over the weekend (Saturday 13 July), while Eastern Cape’s Mvuyisi Gcogco came through strongly to grab a podium position...
Gerda and Piet sizzle at 97th Comrades Marathon: SPNAfrica’s report card
Piet Wiersma and Gerda Steyn will wear the 2024 Comrades Marathon crowns with pride as the dust settles on yet another exceptional event which left few participants or observers believing that the footrace between Durban and Pietermaritzburg could be...
Fritz and Max in search of an African Dream
Seventy-seven days into their journey, German siblings and adventurers extraordinaire, Fritz and Max Sitte, are well on course to better the Cape to Cairo record of 301 days for running across Africa.
The brothers represent the latest in a flurry...
How elite riders are conquering Africa’s harshest terrains as mountain biking booms
Extreme African terrains, whether mountains or deserts, are proving to be an attraction for the global mountain bike racing community.
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Mountain biking is surging in popularity across Africa, with global race organizers capitalizing on the continent's...
Admire 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...