Morocco’s Elazzaoui ends the season on a “vertical” high
Leading Moroccan trail athlete, Elhousine Elazzaoui ended his season on a high with victory on Saturday 30 October in a vertical kilometre (VK) race and a second position in the final SkyRace of the year in Italy.
The Limone Extreme...
Mashele claims Durban 10k, Kavanah wins womens’
Precious ‘Machine’ Mashele defended his national title and rising star, Tayla Kavanagh won her first senior title at the inaugural Absa Durban 10K CITYRUN incorporating the ASA 10km National Championships in Ethekwini on Sunday 31 October.
As was the case...
Does the end of an historic rivalry mark a new era for these two...
Two of South Africa's greatest sporting names - and long-standing rivals - have joined forces in a bid to create a mentorship program that they hope will put young African athletes from less privileged backgrounds on the international map.
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Running the Sky on cloud nine – a South African trail athlete in Europe
By Stephen Granger
Still on ‘Cloud Nine’ after the ‘best, happiest and strongest run of my life’, East London-born University of Cape Town chemical engineering graduate, Bianca Tarboton, takes on some of the world’s best trail athletes in Italy in...
Mokoka masterclass, flying debut for Simiyu at the 2021 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
By Stephen Granger
Stephen Mokoka handed down a masterclass of marathon running to some of the continent’s best athletes, racing away to his second victory in the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in cold, wet conditions in Africa’s ‘Mother City’.
Kenyan marathon...
Just reward for Mokoka, flying career start for Simiyu at Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka made it two wins from two starts at the 2021 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, making short work of a stellar international field that had eight sub 2:10 men in the field. In the women’s race,...
McCann, van Heerden top on Sandes’ mountain trail
By Stephen Granger
South Africa’s leading marathon-distance trail athletes, Johardt van Heerden and Toni McCann, raced to impressive victories in the inaugural Sanlam Cape Town Trail Marathon on a testing 46km circuit over and around Table Mountain this morning (Saturday...
A royal opportunity to run and make a difference
By Stephen Granger
Her name is ‘Leonique’. Small in stature but big in heart, Leonique sat in the front row and took to heart what Rhonda Vetere was saying in the Macassar Secondary School Hall, where she is a pupil.
“Don’t...
Don’t forget the OVER the Mountain race, on Cape Town’s marathon weekend
By Stephen Granger
Prodigal Khumalo and Toni McCann start as favourites to take the inaugural titles in the long-awaited Sanlam Cape Town Trail Marathon to be run over Table Mountain.
The Ryan Sandes’ signature race has all the potential to become...
Elazzaoui flies Africa’s flag at the Golden Trail
By Stephen Granger
Leading Moroccan trail athlete, Elhousine Elazzaoui, flies the African flag at this weekend’s grand finale of the 2021 Golden Trail Series on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Island Group.
The Atlantic Ocean island lies a...