Ngubane, van Deventer win THIRSTI AFRICANX Trailrun
They may come from different provinces and backgrounds and their entry into trail running could not have been more different but at this year's THIRSTI AFRICANX Trailrun, Eric Ngubane and Juan van Deventer made the perfect team. The duo...
Hanks sets new womens’ 13 Peaks Challenge record
Forty-nine-year-old environmental campaigner and vegan cooking instructor, Karoline Hanks, has run a Fastest Known Time (FKT) for women in the 13 Peaks Challenge over South Africa's Table Mountain, aiding turtle conservation in the process.
Hanks improved Stellenbosch-based trail athlete, Amri...
African marathon triumph in Valencia
Thirty-two-year-old Ethiopian Sisay Lemma moved up a notch or two in world marathoning with an emphatic victory at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon in ideal conditions in the Spanish port city this morning, becoming the fourth fastest marathoner of...
Impressive Prize Incentive Announced for the 2022 Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon
By Jacky McClean
Totalsports has announced an impressive incentive to the value of R500 000 (R250 000 in the men’s race and R250 000 in the women’s race) should the Ultra record be broken in the Open Category of the Totalsports Two Oceans...
Trail Taxi – giving a life ride to township youth
Three ‘Trail Heroes’ are changing the lives of many young people in the Western Cape, helping them to exchange the drudgery and dangers of township life with opportunities to run scenic mountain trails in some of the province’s most...
Kandie’s 21km time – is this a revolution?
by Stephen Granger
Kibiwott Kandie’s world record-breaking run in the Valencia Half Marathon was a remarkable feat of distance-running.
Kandie led three others across the line faster than his Kenyan compatriot Geoffrey Kamworwor’s former world record of 58 min 01 sec....
Sandes wins inaugural race in the MUT mud at George
Forty-year-old trail legend, Ryan Sandes, showed there’s still competitive life in his legs when he raced to an emphatic victory in the Mountain Ultra Trail 100 miler (MUT Miler by UTMB) which took place on mountain trails around the...
CITYRUN brings a party mood back to the mother city
By Stephen Granger
The colours have changed to red to reflect the new sponsor and the race name has been tweaked, but the excitement, 'gees' and sporting excellence which characterised the popular ‘Onerun’ in recent years and brought a world...
Can Mokoka make it three in a row at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon?
A new route filled with icons and opportunities, the return of the masses, serious wheel-chair speed racing, a local action hero, party fun and entertainment and the excitement of the first year of Abbott Marathon Major candidacy – those...
Trail action this weekend
South African trail running again takes centre stage this weekend in the Western and Eastern Cape, providing athletes with an opportunity for real competitive action – rare in a COVID-inhibited 2020 where ‘virtual’ is the biggest name in town.
One...