Friday, March 29, 2024

Marathon

African marathon triumph in Valencia

Thirty-two-year-old Ethiopian Sisay Lemma moved up a notch or two in world marathoning with an emphatic victory at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon in ideal conditions in the Spanish port city this morning, becoming the fourth fastest marathoner of...

Otter African Trail Run earns prestigious SANParks award

The Otter African Trail Run has walked off with a prestigious ‘Kudu Award’ at the annual South African National Parks awards ceremony in Johannesburg this week, with the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park, through which the...

Simpson and McCann shine brightly in the Ultra-trail Cape Town 55km

Robbie Simpson and Toni McCann took the honours on Day One of the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town this morning (Friday 24 November), racing clear of their rivals in the 55km ‘Peninsula Traverse’ which took place on Cape Town’s trails,...

Trail-running – changing attitudes and forging strong partnerships for conservation

More than 400 international and many more South African athletes prepare to tackle one of five races at this weekend’s RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town (RMB UTCT), celebrating the synergy between health and wellbeing from participating in the sport and...

RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town remains on course for Africa’s biggest and best trail show...

Athletes from all corners of the globe have arrived in South Africa to take part in the continent’s premier trail event, the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town, which brings the traditional end to the global trail running season next weekend. Established...

Running great Mary Keitany empowers young women to Achieve in Stellenbosch

They are small of stature but gigantic in spirit and delivery and they’re making massive footprints in Africa, changing the lives of young women. Four former female running greats from Africa are ploughing back what they gained from the...

Ethiopia to the fore in celebration of African marathon magic at the Sanlam Cape...

Ethiopian Adane Kebede Gebre won the 2023 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in 2 hrs 11 min 25 sec in one of the closest finishes in the history of the race, with South African hero, Stephen Mokoka, narrowly failing to...

Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in line to become the seventh Abbott’s Marathon Major as...

The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon remains on course for Abbott World Marathon Majors membership in 2025 as 18 000 participants prepare to toe the start line at dawn tomorrow (15 October 2023), significantly up on last year's race. Excitement levels...

Dan and Sam surprise pundits with big wins at Cape Town Trail Marathon

Daniel Claassen and Samantha Reilly confounded the pre-race predictions and ran to impressive victories at the Cape Town Trail Marathon by Ryan Sandes (CTTM) this morning, while recently crowned Proteas, Siboniso Soldaka and Lijan Burger, triumphed in the shorter...

It’s the old guard vs newcomers in mouthwatering contest at Cape Town Trail Marathon

The Cape Town Trail Marathon by Ryan Sandes has become an important adjunct to the main event on this weekend’s festival of distance running – Sunday’s Sanlam Cape Town Marathon – with many of the country’s top trail athletes...
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