Extreme Sports

History-steeped “Fishers” the perfect winter’s outing.

Movie-like... the final sprint as Llewellyn Groenewald and Robbie Rorich silhouetted along Fish Hoek Beach during Saturday's June 5 Fishers…

3 years ago

Golden Trail World Series attracts African runners from across the continent

South African athlete, Meg Mackenzie, in action in last year's Golden Trail Championship - races the GTWS opener in the…

3 years ago

Trail Running: Tragedy in China elicits pause, even in Africa

Trail runners in Africa experience all kinds of extreme weather conditions. Here, trail runner Jeremy Kropman looks at a heavy…

3 years ago

Reilly nails 25km Special Edition

Top two in Saturday's Special Edition Trail Race 25km men's section... winner Kane Reilly (left) with close runner-up Robbie Rorich,…

3 years ago

Breaking Barriers – the Nedbank Ultra on Sunday

Winner of the Cape Town leg of last year's Cape Town Marathon, Bongmusa Mthembu, with runners up Nkosikhona Mhlakwana and…

3 years ago

Covid Legacy: The Special Edition Trail.

Thabang Madiba in action in this year's AfricanX, where he placed third with partner Renier Grobler.  Madiba races the Special…

3 years ago

Organisers want to keep Krom “beast” friendly

Top four at the Kromrivier Beast 45km: (from left) Guido Tagge, 2nd, Nelius Swart, 1st, Ben van Vuuren, 4th, Derrick-Baard,…

3 years ago

World record set on Africa’s most iconic mountain

Pointing to the summit - AJ Calitz (right) and Christiaan Greyling (left) of Team K-Way take stock of the magnitude…

4 years ago

A natural high… trail running offers a way out, for this runner.

Jo Keppler running with Cape Town athlete Amand du Plessis - her running companion through the second half of the…

4 years ago

A farmer started an ultra-trail race…

Race founder and director, Spurgeon Flemington. Photo: Stephen Granger Early this century, a farmer in Spain’s Basque Country in the…

4 years ago