Runners across five continents gather for fifth edition of Ultra-trail Drakensberg
By Stephen Granger
Trail runners gathered yesterday (Thursday 21 April) at the Premier Sani Pass Hotel for the fifth edition of Ultra-trail Drakensberg, looking forward to testing their physical and mental faculties to the limit on some of the most...
Internationals to compete in Otter African Trail Run
Top trail athletes, Pere Aurell and Ragna Debats, will give Saturday’s Otter African Trail (Retto) Run an international flavour, continuing the event’s strong outreach to leading runners from around the world.
Catalan athlete, Aurell, and Dutch-born Debats have excelled at...
Malusi and Mila make merry at Milkwood
Masiphumelelo athlete, Malusi Judase, raced to his second road title this year at the annual Milkwood Half Marathon at Kommetjie this weekend (Sunday 12 February), while Pretoria athletes Mila Geldenhuys and Mitsie van der Westhuizen ruled the roost in...
Cowboys head internationals at UTCT
by Stephen Granger
Cape Town, South Africa is a long way from cowboy territory.
Jim Walmsley is the best-known of a group of runners raised in Arizona, USA, who once called themselves the "Coconino Cowboys" after the second-largest county in the...
Tarakinyu and Chidzivo sweep to victory at the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon
By Stephen Granger
Zimbabwe eyes were smiling at at the University of Cape Town sports fields this morning (Saturday 16 April) as Moses Tarakinyu and Fortunate Chidzivo swept to victory in the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon.
Both athletes were born north of the...
Project Noordhoeked’s William Chirwa exciting new trail running talent
Fifteen minutes into our Long Beach walk from the Noordhoek Car Park, our guide suddenly recalls he had forgotten to collect and hand out fabric bags for us to collect plastics littering the beach.
“No problem,” says our guide. “You...
Spain’s Pere Aurell takes honours at South Africa’s oldest trail race; Holland’s Ragna Debats...
Thirty-six-year-old Spanish athlete Pere Aurell took line honours at the K-Way SkyRun 100km, run in perfect conditions in the Witteberg Mountains of the North-East Cape over the weekend but not before nail-biting drama over the final stages as last...
Bianca Tarboton thrilled to join adidas TERREX
By Stephen Granger
SPNAfrica recently broke the news that two leading South African athletes had joined adidas, highlighting new signings Gerda Steyn (road) and Toni McCann (trail). We also revealed that a third, yet-to-be-named leading trail athlete, had also joined...
Live action another winner at UTCT
By Stephen Granger
Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter blazed to impressive victories on Table Mountain trails in last week’s Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) 100km, but there was an impressive ‘behind the scenes’ alternate ‘relay run’ over the challenging course with...