This week’s Comrades Marathon cancellation is a huge disappointment – and an opportunity.
Yesterday’s cancellation of the Comrades Marathon confirmed what most people had expected. The faint hope of a late vaccination reprieve was extinguished by the “regret” notice issued by the board, largely due to complications relating to the South African...
Finally Thabang bags a Two Oceans Title
Modern Athlete 2023 Road Runner of the Year, Thabang Mosiako, completed unfinished Two Oceans business in style while Lesotho athlete, Mokulubete Blandine Masakiti, edged out Cian Oldknow in a close race at the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon in...
Angermund and Geoffray take the Short Trail titles at the World Championships in...
Extreme physical challenges, exceptional beauty and intensely competitive racing have characterised the first half of the second World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, taking place in the Innsbruck region of Austria, with African athletes prominent in the Vertical Challenge...
Mountain runners to fly high in first Vertical Kilometre challenge
Running-related competitions, whether on track, road, cross-country or trail, typically take place over distances measured horizontally on the earth’s surface. The commencement today (Thursday 13 October) of Sanlam Cape Town Marathon’s weekend of running, however, sees a footrace measured...
Valencia by the numbers
One of their highest-profile events in recent years has been the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon, now rated as one of the world’s fastest and best city marathons and tomorrow’s edition, which will be live-streamed to Africa through SPNAfrica from...
Emma Sainsbury’s Two Oceans race of love and courage
Four days short of her 20th birthday, Cambridge University language student, Emma Sainsbury lined up at the start of the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon. It was to be a journey of courage, pathos and discovery. And ultimately joy.
Former...
UCT 10km Memorial Run honours five athletes whose lives were cut too short
By Stephen Granger
The UCT 10km Memorial Run, which takes place from the University of Cape Town Groote Schuur campus on Sunday (1 May), provides an opportunity for runners to share memories while running through the leafy suburbs of Rondebosch...
Big shots in running for podium places at the 29th Gun Run
It's showtime for the 2023 OUTsurance Gun Run with 15 000 runners, walkers and dogs making their final preparations for the 29th edition of Cape Town’s popular weekend running festival.
Starting out in 1993, the event has flourished and expanded over...
Gerda and Mdu inspiring exciting athletics talent at Phantane Athletics Club in Durban
Ten years ago, Mduduzi Vura Khumalo felt something was missing in his life. Today he is a man with a mission, fulfilled as never before and excited by the success of his venture – the establishment of Phantane Athletics...
Strong African teams challenge for medals at World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in...
Kenyan, Uganda and South Africa will spearhead Africa’s challenge next week among the world’s best trail athletes at the second World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, which takes place in the Tyrolian Mountain centre of Innsbruck in Austria.
An athlete...