Live action another winner at UTCT
By Stephen Granger
Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter blazed to impressive victories on Table Mountain trails in last week’s Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) 100km, but there was an impressive ‘behind the scenes’ alternate ‘relay run’ over the challenging course with...
Great season opener for Toni at La Palma
South African trail athlete, Toni McCann, raced to an emotional season-opening victory at the Transvulcania by UTMB ‘Volcanes’ 48 km on the Spanish island of La Palma yesterday morning (6 May), with another South African, Meg Mackenzie, finishing strongly...
Cape Town could become Ultra-trail’s 2020 showcase
“This time for Africa” sang Shakhira, celebrating the arrival of one of the world’s biggest sporting events on the African continent – the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Chances are that Nic Bornman and Stuart McConnachie, organisers of South Africa’s...
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...
The Otter African Trail Run bags new sponsor, “ideal partner” in Emperor.
The Otter African Trail Run, long regarded as South Africa’s premier marathon-distance trail race, has moved up a gear with the announcement that Emperor Asset Management has signed as the event’s presenting sponsor, with ‘The Otter’ set to be...
Seven marathons on seven continents in seven days – the seventh edition!
The World Marathon Challenge is back after three years COVID-induced absence and 48 marathon addicts from 12 countries leave from Cape Town tomorrow (Tuesday 31 January) on the first leg of their journey which sees them complete seven standard...
Covid Legacy: The Special Edition Trail.
The winter trail season in South Africa continues in earnest this weekend, with an impressive line-up of athletes competing in the Special Edition Trail over a two-lap course on Table Mountain.
The Special Edition Trail has its origins in the...
Breaking Barriers – the Nedbank Ultra on Sunday
The Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultra-marathon, to be run over 50km in Gqeberha on Sunday, has attracted an impressive line-up of runners from the sub-continent and gets full marks for ambition.
The race is billed as an attempt on the...
“Super Pole” Przedwojewski and Switzerland’s Mathys take overall honours in the Golden Trail Championship,...
Sunday 1st November is All Saints Day in the USA and whether that influenced the outcome of the final day of the Golden Trail Championship - The Azores Trail Run – on the Island of Faial, we'll never know. However,...
Coloured “bib” stages during Azores trail championship a potential game-changer: organiser
A novel ‘races-within-a-race’ format for the four-day Golden Trail Championship (GTC) which commences with a prologue on the island of Faial in The Azores on Wednesday (October 28) is likely to have far-reaching consequences, according to Golden Trail founder Greg...