South Africa’s top trail run to go ahead
Trail runners are celebrating the confirmation that the 2020 Otter African Trail Run will be run as scheduled at the end of October, while the Merrell Whale of Trail ultra-marathon in De Hoop Nature Reserve, postponed from its usual...
Sandes sets “(Mission) Impossible” 13 Peaks Challenge time
Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in the “Mission Impossible” film series. Hunt takes charge of an “Impossible Mission Force” team geared to stop an enemy force while preventing an impending global disaster.
“Mission Impossible” is also the code name for the...
Top Kenyan mountain bike races postponed further
Two of Africa's most iconic mountain bike races, the Rift Valley Odyssey and the Mount Kenya Epik have suffered further delays, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Organisers of the Mount Kenya Epic announced recently that the Epik was being postponed...
McCann world-class run seals trail segment
Top women's ultra trail runner Toni McCann vaulted back to the top of the leader board of July's #Gone2Gone trail segment in Cape Town on Friday (July 31), delivering a world-class performance in trail and road running. McCann made...
Steyn signs up for virtual Cape Town
South African ultra-marathon sensation, Gerda Steyn has signed up for the 2020 Cape Town Marathon. The marathon - which is to be run virtually in 2020 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic - earlier netted international star Mo Farah, who...
South African trail running reaches new heights after lockdown
Hayley Preen celebrates after posting the fastest Gone2Gone segment time. PHOTO: Pippa van den Berg
Record-breaking runs on the Gone2Gone 21,6 km trail segment in Cape Town by leading trail athletes, Kane Reilly and Hayley Preen this week are indicative...
Record-breaker Six Peak run for trail duo
Sunrise at the Ventersberg Summit. Photo: Julius de Clerq
Two top South African trail runners, Johardt van Heerden and Daniel Claassen, laid down a marker in the Southern Cape this week with a record-breaking run over the tough Six Peak...
Table Mountain “Golden Trail” route still “padlocked”
Leading trail and mountain athlete, Meg Mackenzie, scorched a 30 km route on Saturday (July 4) in a run planned to open the ‘Strava Segment’ for a much anticipated Golden Ticket challenge on Cape Town's Table Mountain - before...
South African trail runners chasing Golden Tickets
Table Mountain, one of the continent’s most iconic landmarks, holds the fate of South Africa’s top trail athletes hoping to win a Golden Ticket and a trip of a lifetime to the Azores. Top runners will be vying for...