SA’s Bianca Tarboton races to memorable trail victory Down Under
Otter TERREX Trail champions, Bianca Tarboton and Robbie Simpson, turned in top performances at the Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, run from New Zealand’s North Island centre of Rotorua this weekend (Saturday 15 February), with kiwi athletes Ruth Croft and...
Otter’s champions set to take on New Zealand’s best at Tarawera
Current Otter TERREX Trail Champions, Robbie Simpson and Bianca Tarboton, take on a strong international line-up at Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, New Zealand’s most important trail event, this weekend.
South Africa’s premier trail marathon, ‘the Otter’, which takes place in...
Clash of the Titans provides road running highlight at Bay to Bay 30km
British athlete Lucy Reid raced to a record-breaking victory in yesterday’s (Sunday 18 January) Top Form Bay to Bay 30km, her high-speed duel with South African ‘golden girl’ Gerda Steyn providing one of the highlights of the race’s history...
The Voice of Running calls time on the mic
For over fifty years, road and cross-country runners in the Western Cape have enjoyed the distinctive tone of Harold Berman’s voice, calling late-comers to quickly register and hasten to the start line, sending the field on their way before...
Tata, the Marathon Grandmother: ‘Every Sweat Dripping off My Face Is for a Cause’
Joyce Nduku has been hitting the headlines recently, almost as much as she hits the streets in her running shoes - and its all for a good cause. Lesalon Kasaine recently caught up with her.
by Lesalon Kasaine
It’s 2014, and...
Hugo Deck and Jazmine Lowther win big as RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town celebrates ten...
French athlete Hugo Deck and Jazmine Lowther of Canada were the weekend’s top performers as RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) celebrated its 10th anniversary in style.
2050 trail runners completed one of six races over three days (Friday 22 November to...
It’s three out of three for Robbie on the opening day of the RMB...
"What Stu (McConnachie) and the trail community have done to put South African trail running on the map is just mind blowing," - Sandes
World’s trail athletes gather in the Mother City for RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town
by Stephen Granger
RMB Ultra Trail Cape Town (UTCT) celebrates its 10th anniversary this weekend, with athletes from almost fifty countries preparing to race one of six races on offer in Africa’s leading trail event.
One of ten World Trail Majors...
World trail athletes aiming for the Top of the Table in RMB Ultra-trail Cape...
by Stephen Granger
The eyes of the trail world will be focused on the southern tip of Africa this weekend as the RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town (UTCT) hosts athletes from all continents, participating in the 10th running of Africa’s top...
Marathon magic in New York and Soweto
Competitive racing was the order of the day at the TCS New York City Marathon and African Bank Soweto Marathon over the weekend as Sydney celebrated becoming the 7th Abbott’s Marathon Major, setting its path to attract the world’s...