Gerda Steyn runs into the record books at Two Oceans as Givemore Mudzinganyama goes...
While Givemore Mudzinganyama landed ‘the big fish’, the 2023 Totalsports Two Oceans 56km Marathon (Saturday 15 April) was once again a triumph for Gerda Steyn, who raced to her second record victory in successive years and her fourth successive...
Tadu Nare races to SPAR Grand Prix 10km riches in Cape Town
Small of stature but a giant at heart, Tadu Teshome Nare, raced to an emphatic victory at the 2022 SPAR Grand Prix 10km race at Green Point in Cape Town this morning (Sunday 23 October) to seal her top...
Breaking new ground, Cape Town Marathon goes virtual
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2020 will go ahead and will host runners from all corners of the planet, according to the organisers - but with one major caveat: the race will be offered in virtual form.
Cape Town Marathon...
“I can go even faster” Elroy Gelant breaks the South African Marathon Record
Twenty-six years ago, Prieska (Northern Cape) athlete, Gert Thys, won the final Tokyo Marathon of the 20th century in 2 hrs 06 min 33 sec – the fastest time ever by a South African athlete. This mark has finally...
Virtual Cape Town Marathon remains on-track.
The Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon is fast becoming real.
A Cape Town Marathon ‘fifty days to go’ announcement on Thursday (27 August) confirmed that Africa’s only World Athletics Gold Label marathon remains on track with a “world-first” integration of...
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...
Breaking Barriers – the Nedbank Ultra on Sunday
The Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultra-marathon, to be run over 50km in Gqeberha on Sunday, has attracted an impressive line-up of runners from the sub-continent and gets full marks for ambition.
The race is billed as an attempt on the...
Whale of a time ahead for Mvuyisi
Eastern Cape trail athlete, Mvuyisi Gcogco, arrived at De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Southern Cape yesterday (Thursday 3 August) to run the Merrell Whale of Trail tomorrow, excited about the first step of an adventure which offers new...
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...
Record-breaker Six Peak run for trail duo
Sunrise at the Ventersberg Summit. Photo: Julius de Clerq
Two top South African trail runners, Johardt van Heerden and Daniel Claassen, laid down a marker in the Southern Cape this week with a record-breaking run over the tough Six Peak...