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...
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...
Africa’s most coveted ultra-trail race promises spectacular trails and a quality field
By Stephen Granger
uKhahlamba, the Barrier of Spears, the Dragon Mountains or, as most know it, the Drakensberg, is Southern Africa’s most formidable mountain massif, containing the highest peaks in Africa south of the Rift Valley. Forming the country divide...
Mark Wagenheim gunning for Number 29 in this spring’s Gun Run Half Marathon
This September heralds the 29th running of the OUTsurance Gun Run and Mark Wagenheim will again be at the start, having run each edition of the Cape’s popular half marathons since the inaugural run in 1993.
Something about the Gun...
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...
Eliud Kipchoge, in support of virtual Lewa Safari Marathon, shows star pulling-power.
Whenever Eliud Kipchoge runs, the world takes notice, affording the Kenyan athlete similar status to that given to Roger Bannister after the English doctor had broken through the four-minute mile barrier at Oxford in 1954.The only human to have...
CAPE PENINSULA MARATHON – THE REAL DEAL, FOR 2022
By Stephen Granger
Cape Town’s Main Road is one of the oldest transportation corridors in South Africa, stretching down the spine of the Cape Peninsula while the Cape Peninsula Marathon, which closely traces the historic south-bound wagon route, is one...
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...
Cape Town on path to take its place amongst the world’s biggest city marathons
With just 80 days to go before runners line up for the start of the 2023 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon (SCTM), quality and quantity are the watch-words as Africa’s leading city marathon moves steadily towards becoming the next Abbott’s...
World-class Simpson and Tarboton race to victories at the ‘Otter’
Scottish trail athlete, Robbie Simpson, and his South African adidas TERREX teammate, Bianca Tarboton, were crowned champions at the Otter African Trail Run in Nature’s Valley today (Saturday 7 October) in the wettest edition of the race’s 14-year history.
The...