Annie shakes off past woes to take the ASA Marathon Championship title in a...
Lesotho athlete Tebello Ramakongoana and Cape Town-based Annie Bothma raced to hard-fought victories at the Durban International Marathon in rainy weather over the weekend (Sunday 13 March), while Simon Sibeko and Bothma won gold medals and national titles in...
A Kenyan triumph as Koech and Obiri tough it out to win at the...
Kenyan athletes Benard Koech and Hellen Obiri were crowned champions at the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon in the northern UAE emirate this morning after an hour’s intense racing, but weather anomalies kyboshed record attempts on one of...
RAK draws running royalty
Running royalty arrived at Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) this week, as some of the world’s fastest distance runners headed to the United Arab Emirates city for the running of tomorrow’s (Saturday 18 February) Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon –...
Malusi and Mila make merry at Milkwood
Masiphumelelo athlete, Malusi Judase, raced to his second road title this year at the annual Milkwood Half Marathon at Kommetjie this weekend (Sunday 12 February), while Pretoria athletes Mila Geldenhuys and Mitsie van der Westhuizen ruled the roost in...
Lloyd Bosman takes the heat and the win as runners follow in Madiba’s footsteps...
A week short of his 35th birthday, seasoned Southern Cape athlete, Lloyd Bosman, raced to victory in the annual 27 for Freedom in heat-wave conditions at Drakenstein, near Paarl, this weekend but it was the improved form of runner-up Philani...
Following in Madiba’s footsteps at Drakenstein
Runners have only two days to book an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of South Africa’s most celebrated leader, Nelson Mandela, with entries for the popular and historically significant ‘27 for Freedom’ closing at midnight on Sunday (5...
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...
Holly leaves deep tracks in Africa
Leading mountain and trail runner, Holly Page, has reached some of her sport’s highest peaks, literally and metaphorically. But for a group of young boys and girls from the ‘tougher side of the tracks’ in Hout Bay, ‘Miss Holly’...
Two Oceans Marathon chair upbeat about new beginnings and an end to turbulent times
Sixty-four-year-old Brackenfell-based distance runner and grandfather of two, William Christian Swartbooi, enters his second term as Two Oceans Marathon NPC Chairperson and his 10th year on the board. Being familiar with athletic trends, he is optimistic that the historic...
Greek athlete in ‘Fotis’ finish at Ultra-trail Cape Town, by Zeus!
The gods on Mount Olympus are celebrating this weekend’s extraordinary performance by 40-year-old Greek ultra-distance athlete Fotis Zisimopoulos, in winning the inaugural RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town over a challenging 100-mile race around the Cape Peninsula over the weekend (25...