Dominant Team Salomon lead the way on day 2 of the THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN
By Stephen Granger
Team Salomon, aka Kane Reilly and Daniel Claassen, stamped their authority on the THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN in no uncertain manner, consolidating their win on the first day with an impeccable performance on the second (Sunday 20 March),...
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...
Navigational challenges but day one of THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN still a success
By Stephen Granger
An errant bakkie led to navigational challenges and something of a merry-go-round on Day One of the THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN Three-day Stage Race today (Saturday 19 March), but once order had been restored, the cream rose to...
Records tumble yet again in Nedbank’s Reunified Breaking Barriers
By Stephen Granger
Three world records in the first two years of a race’s existence is extraordinary, but that’s what the second Nedbank Runified “Breaking Barriers” 50km delivered in Gqeberha over the weekend in the form of Stephen Mokoka’s superb...
Toni McCann on song in the Canaries, Kenya’s Diana Chepkemoi has a strong run...
By Stephen Granger
South African trail athlete, Toni McCann, ran a superb race to finish second to local favourite, Sara Alonso Martinez from Spain, at the challenging Transgrancanaria 43km Marathon, run on the Spanish north Atlantic island of Gran Canaria...
Festival of trail races an ideal platform for new-look Toni
By Stephen Granger
Leading South African trail athlete, Toni McCann, laces her new-look trail shoes this weekend (Saturday 5 March) for her first race of the year – the Transgranaria 43km, part of the series of races making up the...
Sponsorship race for women runners heats up
By Stephen Granger
While Olympian and Comrades Marathon champion Gerda Steyn will be looking to consolidate her gains as a major contender in leading world road marathons with the German-born shoe company, adidas, Toni McCann and a yet-to-be-named second leading...
‘Lighthouse shows runners the way’
by Stephen Granger
Green Point Lighthouse is the first solid lighthouse structure on the South African coast and the oldest operational lighthouse in South Africa. First operational in 1824, its Argand lamps were originally fuelled by sperm whale oil and...
Gold Standard Cape Peninsula
by Stephen Granger
The Main Road into Simon’s Town appeared to be paved with gold in this morning’s (Sunday 20 February) 55th Cape Peninsula Marathon, as athletes from the gold-vested Murray and Roberts club swept the board, winning gold, silver...
Warriors on Wheels
By Stephen Granger
Nura Mohamed, 17, could be the envy of her peers. The young woman has already travelled to twelve countries with her family and enjoyed many adventures at home and abroad including completing the 2018 Cape Town Cycle...